As my review headline stated, this will be very subjective according to me, my nostalgia to he exact.
I spent my chuldhood and adolescent elyears studying at a Marsudirini school in North Jakarta. It is an Asisi Fransiscan order school with a Sister as headmistress. They can dish out discipline and tough love like no one else, but they're all actually kind hearts.
The older sisters in the movie reminded me very much of my school's headmistresses. They too go to such nursing home in Semarang when their age caught up to them.
And the location's architecture and especially interior design details really is likw my school looked like. Tiles high on walls, faded pastel colors almost everywhere, that distinct style on doors and window railings, arching door frames and so on.
About the movie itself, I like how the direction kind of took a big chunk of the style of Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, telling its story strongly through combination of every element shown on screen and jot just theough dialogue. Thus the dialogue here fan often feel so very short, but it is sharp with less wasted words. I particularly liked the dinner scene, so creative and impactful.
The cinematography is a feast for the eyes, incorporating various angles, calmed color palette, and litlle camera movement which enhanced the aura of stillness commonly found in these kinds of places.
The acting was solid, the leads and supporting cast all gave out good performances.
