Lovely Guy

A Karuna Pictures production. (Worldwide sales: Karuna Pictures, Jakarta.) Created by Indra Tamorron Musu, Teddy Soeriaatmadja. Executive producer, Millan Rushan. Directed, compiled by Teddy Soeriaatmadja.With: Donny Damara, Raihaanun, Yayu aw unru, Ari Syarif, Lani Sonda. (Indonesian dialogue)A transvestite sex worker is faced through the Muslim-elevated teenage daughter he abandoned in "Lovely Guy," an absorbing meller by prolific Indonesian helmer Teddy Soeriaatmadja ("Ruma Maida"). Set during the period of an eventful evening, this perfectly-carried out study of the essential need for parent-child associations remarkably mixes tough talk to tender emotion. World preemed at Busan, pic should notch up lots of fest mileage in front of its local release the coming year. Coming in Jakarta equipped with just with a previous address scrawled on the scrap of paper, 19-year-old country girl Cahaya (Raihaanun) discovers hard method in which Saiful (Donny Damara), the daddy she's not observed in fifteen years, is becoming "Ipuy," a red-colored-miniskirt-putting on streetwalker in Jakarta's Taman Lawang transgender red-colored-light district. Angrily disregarding the lady in the beginning, Saiful progressively reveals and discloses harsh facts about his marriage and utter insufficient shame about his profession. Sideline particulars of Cahaya's pregnancy along with a large debt Saiful owes a nearby heavy (Yayu aw unru) feel just a little added on, however the central dramatic thread is convincing, compelling and rewarding. Technical package is decent on the low quality.Digital camera (color, HD), Ical Tanjung editor, W. Ichwandiardono music, Bobby Surjadi art director, Richard Sibuea costume designer, Ve Verdinand. Examined at Busan Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema), March. 7, 2011. Running time: 72 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com