MOVIE REVIEW

Laskar Pelangi

By Riri Riza

For some reason this time I wanted to give something different, I am reminded of a film's country boy that can knock on the door of my heart, break down the cliff laziness that hit high school future. At that time I felt very excited in this life, no passion for learning, weak thinking, and stuttering in the act. But the film is able to arouse the sleeping giant slumbering in me.

Do you know what I mean movie? Yes, a country boy thought the film adaptation of a true story. What else if not the "Laskar Pelangi". This film is about 10 children in the neighborhoods in the Village Gantong, Belitong Island, Sumatra. They attended an elementary school Muhammadiyah which almost collapsed buildings and in the evening to the cattle pens. The school was almost closed if students are not up to 10 people.

If only there was no Harun (Jeffry Yanuar), a 15-year-old boy with mental retardation, is schooled by her mother to not only catch up chicks at home, certainly never occurred to this story.

Muslimah (Cut Mini) or Bu Mus and Mr. Harfan (Ikranagara), two people here who continue the struggle of the school. They want the poor children are entitled to reach the ideals. A sense of surrender, despair, experienced Bu Mus and Mr. Harfan due to lack of interest and costs for the poor to educate their children.

Understandably, for the lower classes, to send their child means bind themselves to the burden of costs to be borne for years. Including the closing of the child the opportunity to hire full-time basis to help reduce the heavy burden of life.

But on the day that Aaron, a student special rescue them. Thanks to Harun, the number of students even become void 10 people and closed schools. Then, ten students were given the name of Laskar Pelangi by Bu Mus.

Five years passed, Mrs. Mus, Mr. Harfan and to the ten students with a unique and distinctive of each, struggled to continue in school. Among the various challenges the weight and pressure to give up, Ikal (Zulfani), Lintang (Ferdian) and Mahar (Veris Yamarno) with talent and intelligence emerged as the driving spirit of their school.

The film is filled with stories about the suburb, the story of the struggle of life reach the dream of touching, and the beauty of friendship that saves human lives.

As is known, the film is based on a novel of the same title, Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata. This is Andrea's first novel. Reportedly, this novel is a picture of his childhood and all the real culprit is.

Laskar Pelangi is childhood friends Andrea while attending school in a poor village Belitong. But, not explicitly mentioned in the novel by Andrea Hirata that it is the story of nyata. After appointed to the big screen, the film directed by Riri Riza managed to show the late 1970s setting. And make moviegoers feel satisfied.

The film is able to provide color in my life. What's more it's time we watch this movie together one school. With so making a distinct impression that can not be forgotten.

Few discuss the return of different things that I feel. After that I seemed to feel more energized again. Embarrassed to 10 children before, especially latitude, which has a zest for life that can never stop. Crashing the curtain barrier to achieving its future.

Diki Hapidin Subagja

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