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Indonesia’s Angga Dwimas Sasongko Unveils Action Epic ‘Queen of Malacca’ at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Indonesia's Angga Dwimas Sasongko is making a return to the director's chair with 'Queen of Malacca,' a crime-action thriller.
Indonesian filmmaker Angga Dwimas Sasongko is making a return to the director’s chair with “Queen of Malacca,” a crime-action thriller that melds Southeast Asian mysticism with gritty underworld violence. After spending two years focused on leading Visinema’s corporate transformation and shepherding “Jumbo” — Indonesia’s most successful animated film to date — Sasongko is ready to helm what he describes as his most ambitious action project yet. The Malacca Strait, a crucial shipping lane between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, serves as both the geographic and thematic center of the film, which will explore its role in human trafficking, drug trade and weapons smuggling.
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