Nicholas Saputra and Dian Sastro Wardoyo to star in 'pesantren' movie

Jakarta, NU Online
Nicholas Saputra and Dian Sastro Wardoyo got together again in a movie portraying the life of three young men at an Islamic boarding school (pesantren). The movie entitled "3 wishes, 3 loves" would reportedly be launched on 18 Desember ahead.

In the movie produced by the Investasi Film Indonesia (IFI) and the Triximages, Nicholas (Huda) along with his two friends, namely Rian (Yoga Pratama) and Syahid (Yoga Bagus) stay in a pesantren in a little town in Central Java.

The film director, Nurman Hakim said that the "3 Wishes, 3 Loves" was a life portay of the three young men living in a pesantren and colored with friendship, services, and humanity.

"This movie is also a proof that Islam is a peaceful religion that is opposed to any violence and conveys the importance of maintaing religious harmony and mutual understanding," Nurman told reporters here on Tueasday (9/12).

"I have ever been in a pesantren in Demak. I personally feel having such obligation to deal with the view describing pesantren as the place for radical people and want to show that actually in pesantren there have been values of humanity and peace as well," Nurman said.

Since it passed the Official Selection of the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, the "3 Wishes, 3 Loves" should be another pride for Indonesia especially for the film which script took more than three years working on.

The script itself has won Script Development Grant from Global Film Initiative in San Francisco America, Goteborg International Film Festival Fund Sweden, and Fond Sud Cinema France. In fact, on May 2008, ‘3 Wishes, 3 Loves’ was invited to play at Cannes Film Festival for Cinema du Sud where the film was observed by international film distributors, producers, and directors. (rif)