CROCODILE TEARS

By Tumpal TAMPUBOLON

CERCAMON - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2024

A suspenseful drama about an overbearing widow and her son, set in a crocodile farm in a small town in Java, Indonesia.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2024
Centrepiece
Busan IFF 2024
A Window on Asian Cinema
BFI London FF 2024
Official Competition - Documentary
Red Sea IFF 2024
Festival Favorites
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • INDONESIA, FRANCE, SINGAPORE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • INDONESIAN
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tumpal TAMPUBOLON
    • Writer(s)
    • Tumpal TAMPUBOLON
    • Producer(s)
    • Mandy MARAHIMIN (TALAMEDIA)
    • Synopsis
    • Johan, on the cusp of manhood, lives alone with his Mama on a crocodile farm in West Java. Mother and son live in voluntary exile with only a white crocodile as their confidant. Their life of isolation is disrupted when Johan falls for a girl in town, Arumi, setting off a chain of events that threatens the delicate balance of their lives. As the fabric of their world unravels, Mama’s opposition manifests in increasingly bizarre ways…