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Director Riri Riza, actor Nicolas Saputra (Rangga), Roy Lie A Tjam, Sissy Prescilla (Milly).

By Roy Lie A Tjam.

 

What’s up with Love? 2

Director – Riri Riza

Producer – Mira Lesmana

Starring – Nicolas Saputra, Dian Sastrowardoyo, Titi Kamal, Sissy Priscillia, Adinia Worasti, Dennis Adhiswari and Ario Bayu.

Indonesia 2016

Deputy Ambassador of Indonesia in the Netherlands Mr  Ibnu Wahyutomo welcomed the guests and formally opened the Indonesia Film Festival.

What’s up with Love ? 2(Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2) is a fantastic movie for anyone who loves a good, classic romance film, an absolute must see film! The story is meaningful and incredibly easy to relate to, it makes you feel connected and compassionate. The film recounts how Rangga and Cinta are dealing with their break-up before ultimately making up again.

Cinta expresses her resentment towards Rangga who had returned to Indonesia in order to put an end to their relationship and that she only agreed to meet him because of her friends. Rangga explains that he broke up with her because of the academic and vocational pressure he was experiencing in New York. He thought that he couldn’t make Cinta happy so they decided to part as friends. Nevertheless, Cinta ended up spending the entire day with Rangga, forgetting her vacation schedule in Yogyakarta with her friends. However before saying good-bye, Cinta kissed Rangga, both are shocked!

Deputy Ambassador, Mr Ibnu Wahyutomo.
Deputy Ambassador, Mr Ibnu Wahyutomo and actor, Nicolas Saputra.

Cinta then returns to her studio in Jakarta and Rangga pays his mother a visit before making his way back to the Big Apple. However Cinta can’t get Rangga out of her head. A month later Cinta breaks up with her fiancé Trian and gets on a plane to New York. Rangga and Cinta express their love for each other, and share a passionate kiss in Central Park. Finally the lovers are reunited again!

It was a lovely two hours of watching a film that I could watch time and time again.

Indonesia Film Festival 2016(IFF) is screening a series of films: followed by a Q&A session and media discussion on the developments of cinema in Indonesia.

The Indonesian Film Festival in Netherlands highlighted the works of writer and director Riri Riza of Miles Films.

The film shown in this festival also marks Riri Riza’s 15th years as a fim maker, a developer of multiculturalism and freedom of expression through the medium of cinema in Indonesia.

The festival might be an opportunity to understand the challenges and (future) potential of Indonesian cinema.

It has been gratifying, after the screening of the movie the public could rub-shoulders with actors star-boy Rangga, Milly and director Riri Riza who specially came over for the opening of What’s up with Love? 2 Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2 in cinema De Wollf in Utrecht. The festival was held from 17th– 20th November 2016.

The Indonesian Film Festival, Indonesian Jazz, Indonesian Fashion Show and other features are part of a project by the Embassy in the Netherlands to acquaint the Dutch young people with the fantastic country named Indonesia. The Embassy envisages to have more such events featuring the richness of Indonesia in 2017.

Indonesia delegation to the festival.

 

 

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