Paper short abstract:

With the support of ORF, BMUKK

Paper long abstract:

Written and directed by Ascan Breuer

87 min., Austria 2013

Location: Jakarta

Original language: Indonesian

Subtitles: English, German

Screening format: DCP

Original format: HD

Sound: Dolby 5.1 Surround

Cinematographer & Co-Director: Victor Jaschke

Sound: Victor Jaschke, Ascan Breuer,

Editor: Ascan Breuer

Music: Roumen Dimitrov

Sound-Mix: Roumen Dimitrov, Heinrich Mader

Sound-Editing: Konrad Glas, Sergey Martynyuk

Production: Golden Girls Filmproduktion Vienna

Producer: Arash T. Riahi, Michael Seeber

Distribution: sixpackfilm Vienna

Synopsis

It is only the second time that Indonesians can vote for their own president. Two charismatic women, however, are not satisfied with mere elections. Grandma Dela, who lives in a slum of the tropical megacity, and the intellectual Wardah Hafidz are setting out to collect 1.5 million signatures of the poorest, who are constantly threatened by the local arbitrary justice and the desires of the global capital. Can the power of a small elite really be overthrown by the power of many, or is "real democracy" just an ideal?

With this political road-documentary the director portrays social changes and improvements in his mother's old homeland.