Keenan, who studies economics at a university merely to fulfill his father’s hopes, finds the spirit to follow his dream to become a painter, while Kugy receives encouragement to become a children’s book writer.įor various reasons, they do not reveal their feelings for each other. They both share their dreams and their fear of making irrational decisions to follow their hearts. Her world becomes more colorful once she meets Keenan, played by Adipati Dolken. Her weird and funny attitudes see that she is loved by her friends. She likes to share with her friends about the imaginary world of Neptunus, the Roman god of water and the sea, and loves to put her index fingers on the side of her temples when she is seeking inspiration. Unlike many other girls her age, who like to dress to impress, Kugy gives little care to her daily appearance as her mind is occupied with the ideas and imagination of child storytelling. Kugy, played by Maudy Ayunda, is a petite and cheerful college girl who studies in Bandung, West Java. Keenan and Kugy are the central characters in the movie. The descriptions about Keenan and Kugy are so clear,” Hanung said during a press screening on Aug.

“Perahu Kertas actually scares me because it is so visual.

He believes that avid fans of a novel adapted into a movie flock to the cinema with many questions and a skepticism over how the film can satisfy their imagination or whether the film obediently follows the plot of the novel.

What bothered him was high expectation from the audience and how people might compare the film and the novel. Hanung said he was just a medium who breathed life into the characters and locations that existed in the novel. We may think that it’s easy for him to adapt another novel to the silver screen. His other films based on novels are Jomblo (Single) and Perempuan Berkalung Sorban (The Woman with the Headscarf). The award winning director is mostly known for adapting the Islamic novel Ayat-ayat Cinta (Verses of Love) by Habiburrahman El Shirazy into a blockbuster movie that could even prompt President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to tears.

Now they can unleash their curiosity as director Hanung Bramantyo has visualized the story and characters in the 444-page book on the silver screen. Many fans of singer turned writer Dewi “Dee” Lestari have been anticipating the screening of the film Perahu Kertas (Paper Boat), which is adapted from her novel bearing the same title.

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