Autobiography

In a rural Indonesian town, with his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakib works as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna, a retired general. After the general returns home to start his mayoral election campaign, he takes Rakib under his wings. Longing for warmth, purpose, and a father figure, Rabik is drawn into a world of money and power until one moment kicks off an escalating chain of events that upturns his world. In the guise of a political thriller, Autobiography is "an auspicious, atmospheric first feature that knows how to co-opt generic conventions and a richly cinematic style, in order to illuminate some of the darkest recesses of Indonesia’s recent history" (Jessica Kiang, Variety).