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Indonesian Director Mouly Surya Talks Independence Epic ‘This City Is A Battlefield’ & Shooting With Jessica Alba In ‘Trigger Warning’ — Rotterdam
IFFR's 'This City is a Battlefield' is an Indonesian period film by Mouly Surya, which stars Chicco Jerikho, Ariel Tatum and Jerome Kurnia.
This City is a Battlefield follows Isa (played by Jerikho), who juggles different roles: as a school teacher, a talented violinist as well as a resistance fighter. Marking her first foray in Hollywood, Surya directed action thriller Trigger Warning, starring Jessica Alba as a Special Forces officer who takes over the running of her father’s bar after he dies. “I realized also how I’ve been self-censoring myself in Indonesia, because when I write, if I know that a certain scene is so expensive that it can’t be done, I unconsciously shy away from it and try to make things more simple,” said Surya.
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