Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (film)

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Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Indonesian Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas
Directed by Edwin
Screenplay by Edwin
Eka Kurniawan
Based on Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Eka Kurniawan
Produced byMeiske Taurisia
Muhammad Zaidy
Starring Marthino Lio
Ladya Cheryl
Sal Priadi
Reza Rahadian
Ratu Felisha
Cinematography Akiko Ashizawa
Edited by Lee Chatametikool
Music byDave Lumenta
Production
companies
Palari Films
Phoenix Films
E&W Films
Match Factory Productions
Bombero International
Kaninga Pictures
Release date
Running time
114 minutes [1]
CountryIndonesia
LanguageIndonesian

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Indonesian : Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas) is a 2021 Indonesian action black comedy-drama film directed by Edwin who also co-wrote the screenplay with Eka Kurniawan based on Kurniawan's best-selling book of the same name. [2] The film had its world premiere in August 2021 at the 74th Locarno Film Festival, where it won the top prize of Golden Leopard for Best Film. [3]

Contents

Edwin won his second Best Director nod at the 42nd Citra Awards, where the film won a total of 5 awards out of 12 nominations.

Plot

Set in the 1980s in a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it. [2] [4]

Cast

These are the cast members of the film as announced by Palari Films in July 2021: [5]

Production

Development

In May 2016, Palari Films announced that they had secured the rights to adapt Eka Kurniawan's third novel Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash with Edwin on board to direct alongside collaborators Muhammad Zaidy and Meiske Taurisia as producers. [6] However, as the efforts to adapt the novelproved to be more challenging than expected, Edwin proposed to Palari Films that they pursue another project together while working on the adaptation, [2] [7] which turned out to be Laksmi Pamuntjak's 2014 novel The Birdwoman's Palate, leading to Edwin's 2018 feature Aruna & Her Palate. [7]

To raise funds for the film, the film script was submitted to compete in international grant competitions as the production team believed it has an international appeal. [8] In 2016, the script won a US$15,000 grant for winning the Most Promising Project Award at the Asian Project Market held during the 2016 Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. [8] [9] In 2018, it received a post-production grant from the post-production lab White Light Post at the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum as well as a co-production grant from the Singapore Film Commission. [10] [9] It also received another production grant from Bangkok-based Purin Pictures. [4]

Casting

The film marks the return of Edwin's frequent collaborator Ladya Cheryl to the big screen since her last appearance in a feature film in 2012's Postcards from the Zoo , also directed by Edwin. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Edwin said that Cheryl's portrayal of Iteung is inspired by 80's action star Cynthia Rothrock. [11] Singer-songwriter Sal Priadi makes his feature film debut alongside Ratu Felisha and Citra Award winner Reza Rahadian in supporting roles. [12]

Release

In July 2021, Variety reported that art house agency The Match Factory had acquired the film's distribution rights. [13] The film had its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on 8 August 2021, where it won the Golden Leopard. [14] The film screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 46th Toronto International Film Festival. [15] It was screened at the Filmfest Hamburg and 26th Busan International Film Festival in October 2021. [16] [17] Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash was also screened at the BFI London Film Festival 2021 during the Dare section. [18]

The film was released theatrically in Indonesia on 2 December 2021. [19]

Reception

Box office

Vengeance Is Mine, All Other Pay Cash recorded a total of 85,004 admissions throughout its theatrical release in Indonesia, ranking it in the 11th spot among all domestic productions released in 2021. [20]

Critical response

Writing for Variety , Jay Weissberg wrote that the film "delivers a withering critique of masculinity" while managing to be "enjoyable". [21] However, Weissberg was critical of the screenplay, noting that Edwin and co-writer Kurniawan "cram rather too many meandering plot lines". [21] Also for Variety, Diego Cepeda and Calin Boto called the film "a genre-bending portrayal of an angry impotent young man stuck in the middle of the macho Indonesian Eighties", referring to the film's main character Ajo Kawir and heavy influence of 80's pop culture. [22] Marta Bałaga of Cineuropa praised the film's "central romance" between Ajo Kawir and Iteung as "the most fun to watch", singling out Cheryl's portrayal of Iteung as a stand-out. [23] Similar to Weissberg, Bałaga also criticized the film's editing, calling it "very uneven, going from funny to dark to just weird, as if the editing couldn’t keep up with the ongoing brainstorming session". [23]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultNotes
2021 Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard for Best Film Edwin Won
2021 Three Continents Festival Golden Montgolfiere for Best Film Nominated
2021 25th Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Non-US ReleaseVengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashWon
2021 Valladolid International Film Festival Golden SpikeEdwinNominated
Best Director of Photography Akiko Ashizawa Won
2021 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Achievement in Cinematography Nominated
202116th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film FestivalSilver HarnomanEdwinWon
2021 5th Tempo Film Festival Best FilmVengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashNominated
Best DirectorEdwinNominated
Best Actor Marthino Lio Nominated
Best Actress Ladya Cheryl Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Reza Rahadian Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ratu Felisha Nominated
2022 International Film Festival of Kerala World CinemaEdwinNominated
2022 10th Maya Awards Best Feature FilmMeiske Taurisia
Muhammad Zaidy		Nominated
Best DirectorEdwinNominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role Marthino Lio Won
Best Actress in a Leading Role Ladya Cheryl Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Reza Rahadian Won
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ratu Felisha Nominated
Best New ActorSal PriadiNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayEdwin

Eka Kurniawan

Nominated
Best CinematographyAkiko AshizawaNominated
Best Editing Lee Chatametikool Nominated
Best OriginalDave LumentaNominated
Best Theme SongDave Lumenta
Indra Perkasa
Bonnie Rubin		NominatedBangun Bajingan! ("Get Up, Bitch!", Performed by Ananda Badudu & Rubina)
Best Art DirectionEros EflinWon
Best Makeup & HairstylingCherry WirawanWon
Best Special EffectsRivai ChenNominated
Best Poster DesignFerancisNominated
Best Costume DesignGemailla GeaWon
2022 42nd Citra Awards Best Picture Meiske Taurisia
Muhammad Zaidy		Nominated
Best Director EdwinWon
Best Actor Marthino Lio Won
Best Actress Ladya Cheryl Won
Best Supporting Actor Reza Rahadian Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ratu Felisha Nominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayEdwin

Eka Kurniawan

Won
Best Original ScoreDave LumentaNominated
Best Original SongNominatedBangun Bajingan! ("Get Up, Bitch!", Performed by Ananda Badudu & Rubina)
Best Costume DesignGemailla GeaWon
Best Art DirectionEros EflinNominated
Best Makeup & HairstylingCherry WirawanNominated
202235th Bandung Film FestivalBest FilmVengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashNominated
Best DirectorEdwinNominated
Best Actor Marthino Lio Won
Best Actress Ladya Cheryl Nominated
Best Original ScoreDave LumentaNominated
Best Art DirectionEros EflinWon
2022 16th Indonesian Movie Awards Best EnsembleVengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashWon
Favorite FilmNominated
Best Actor Marthino Lio Won
Favorite ActorNominated
Best Actress Ladya Cheryl Nominated
Favorite ActressNominated
Best Supporting Actor Reza Rahadian Nominated
Favorite Supporting ActorWon
Best Supporting Actress Ratu Felisha Nominated
Favorite Supporting ActressNominated
Best NewcomerSal PriadiWon
Favorite NewcomerNominated
Best ChemistryMarthino Lio
Ladya Cheryl		Nominated

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