Film

Chasing the Sun

Name: Chasing the Sun
Director: Rudy Soedjarwo
Released: 2004
Rating: 7
Cast: Winky Wiryawan, Fauzi Baadila, Udjo Project Pop, Fedi Nuril, Arif Rifan

2004 · 86 min · ★ 7 · Dir. Rudy Soedjarwo

Friendship is every passing second; is living... is running

Mengejar Matahari is a coming of age tale of four childhood friends in a Jakarta ghetto whose bonds are tested as they grow into adulthood. They share a nightly ritual, "chasing the sun" (mengejar matahari), where they race through the ghetto, symbolically chasing their future. Their friendship becomes strained when Ardi and Damar fall in love with Apin's niece, Rara, just as a neighborhood bully is released from jail and seeks revenge. The film is both about the strength of friendship and a metaphor for the durability of the Indonesian archipelago.