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Transgender Tale ‘Midnight in Bali’ Unveils Trailer Ahead of Rotterdam World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Indonesian trans drama 'Midnight in Bali' drops first trailer ahead of Rotterdam bow, exploring identity and queer life in tourist paradise.
The film follows Bulan, a transgender woman working as a club performer in Bali, as she navigates a relationship with a conflicted police officer while harboring her own complicated past. The project interweaves Bulan’s present circumstances with her history of escaping a religious family and following a lover named Bram to Bali, only to find him vanished upon arrival. Her subsequent search through the city’s underbelly, culminating in the discovery of Bram in the adult entertainment industry, becomes source material for Mira’s film – leading to unexpected consequences when past trauma and present reality collide.
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