Joni's Promise

(Janji Joni)

by Joko Anwar

Indonesia

Director: Joko Anwar

Script: Joko Anwar

Cinematographer: R.I. Syaiful

Editing: Y. Koesprapto

Cast: Nicholas Saputra, Mariana Renata

Production:
Kalyana Shira films
JL Bunga Mawar 9,
Cipete Selatan
Jakarta, 12410
Indonesia
Tel: 62.21.750.3225
Fax: 62.21.769.4318
Mail: [email protected]

Year: 2005

35 mm, Colour, 84 min
OV Indonesian with English Subtitles
French Electonic Subtitles

Unreleased
European Premiere

Joni always says that if you ask 10 people, 7 of them will declare themselves as film buffs. They will probably bore you with stories of how a particular movie has changed their life. We all know how a movie is made. Few people understand the great importance of someone in Joni's position. There are simply not enough copies for movie theaters to play one title at the same time. A feature film shown at cinemas usually consists of six film reels. Someone has to distribute the reels to movie theaters at a precise schedule. And this is Joni's task. On that fateful day, Joni meets an extraordinarily beautiful girl who is about to see a movie. When Joni asks her what her name is, the girl makes Joni promise to deliver the reels of the film she is about to see on time before she will tell Joni her name. Joni thinks it's gonna be easy but Joni is about to face the greatest challenge in his career as the whole city seems to be conspiring to make him fail.

A good comedy film with romance, rather unusual in the competition section.