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Of Love and Eggs (2004)

Director: Garin Nugroho

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From Time Out London

As memorable for its humanist warmth as it is for Nugroho’s deceptively light comedic touch, this lovingly directed movie inhabits the lives of a loose, intersecting group of Jakarta residents, notably those connected to a local market and an Islamic school, where plans are being hatched to build a new mosque. Nugroho has mounted all the action in a studio set and delivers an intimate drama which broaches difficult social, religious and generational issues with unusual subtlety and insight, garnering uniformly fine performances from a group actors of a wide age-range. A fine film. 

Author: WH

Time Out London Issue 1836: October 26-November 2 2005

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Cast & crew

Director: Garin Nugroho

Cast: Sakurta H Ginting, Putri Mulia, Raisa Pramesi full cast

Genre(s): Drama

Duration: 90 mins


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