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| Long Road to Heaven | |
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| Directed by | Enison Sinaro |
| Written by | Wong Wai Leng Andy Logam-Tan |
| Produced by | Larry Y. Higgs |
| Starring | Raelee Hill Mirrah Foulkes Alex Komang Surya Saputra John O'Hare Sarah Treleaven Joshua Pandelaki |
| Edited by | Sastha Sunu Cesa D. Luckmansyah |
| Music by | Thoersi Argeswara |
| Distributed by | Kalyana Shira Films |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Languages | English Malay Indonesian |
Long Road to Heaven is a 2007 Indonesian feature film about the 2002 Bali bombings, by Kalyana Shira Films. The film was directed by Enison Sinaro and written by Wong Wai Leng and Andy Logam-Tan. It tells the story during three different times: the planning a few months before the bombing, its execution in 2002, and the trials in 2003. The story is not chronologically linear. It starts with the explosion and then moves from time to time until all three plots culminate one after the other. At the beginning of each scene, subtitles give the date and location of the scene.
The film also tries to present both the bombers' and the victims' viewpoints. According to Kalyana Shira Films:
The movie itself is trying to capture the moment from many different point of views; the terrorists, victims' families and foreigners. Though categorized as a feature film, LRTH is based on factual research where every sides are presented in balance therefor we hope that the viewers can take side on humanity and peaceful heart.[1]
The screening of the film has been banned on the island of Bali.[2] An official from the provincial film board said, Long Road to Heaven could "reopen old wounds". I Gusti Ngurah Gde, head of Bali's film board, said: "We fear people who do not understand it would trigger conflict and direct hatred at a certain group."[3]
- ^ "Long Road to Heaven". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- ^ "Bali bans movie on Bombings". Retrieved July 30, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bali bans movie about bomb attack". BBC News. February 22, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2007.