Shape of the Moon (2004)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
- Leonard Retel Helmrich's stirring documentary, which won the 2005 Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize, explores the daily lives of a Christian family in Indonesia. Rumidja, a widow, prays regularly to God with her granddaughter, Tari, while practicing some Muslim traditions; Rumija's son, Bakti, is fiercely independent and eschews Muslim traditions - until he decides to marry a Muslim woman and must convert.
- Directors:
- Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Writers:
- Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Aka:
- Stand van de maan
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Netherlands
- Awards:
2005 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary