Sumantri (Rieke Dyah Pitaloka), satu-satunya bidan yang tak tergantikan di sebuah pulau di luar tak jauh dari Jakarta divonis kanker oleh dokter dan harus dirawat di Jakarta. Wulan (Rachel Maryam), korban perkosaan dan hamil. Sumantri yang protektif berniat mengaborsi kandungan Wulan namun menghadapi dilema karena masyarakat setempat menentang keras aborsi
Safina (Kirana Larasati) dan kelompoknya adalah pelajar SMA di Yogyakarta, kota turis dan pelajar. Akses luas internet membuat mereka bereksperimen dengan seks tanpa bekal pengetahuan yang lengkap. Seorang jurnalis, Jay Anwar (Fauzi Baadila) tiba di Yogya, Safina jatuh hati padanya dan ia yang naïf mempertaruhkan masa depannya untuk pria ini
Esi (Shanty) seorang pembersih WC di klab malam dangdut kerja keras untuk biaya hidup dan pendidikan putrinya, Maesaroh (Ken Nala Amrytha). Ia nyaris putus asa saat mendapati kekasihnya, Narto melecehkan Maesaroh. Beruntung, Cicih (Sarah Sechan), primadona klab memberikan perlindungan dan tempat tinggal. Saat membangun kembali mimpinya, Esi dihadapi kenyataan pahit bahwa Cicih dan Maesaroh terjerat sindikat perdagangan perempuan
Laksmi (Susan Bachtiar), janda beranak satu, kehilangan suamina yang mengidap HIV/AIDS. Keadaan semakin parah saat dirinya tertular penyakit tersebut dan suaminya bersikeras mengambil alih hak asuh putri mereka, Belinda (Ranti Maria). Naluri seorang Ibu membuatnya bertahan untuk mengasuh Belinda, namun mengasuh anak dengan kondisi yang makin lemah dan tanpa penghasilan, membuat Laksmi mengambil keputusan besar, demi memberikan yang terbaik bagi Belinda dan dirinya
Chants of Lotus is an omnibus film, directed by 4 women and consists of 4 stories
Sumantri (Rieke Dyah Pitaloka) dedicates her life for the well being of mothers and newborns in one of the most densely populated island that lies about three hour boat ride from Jakarta. In a greatly limited access to outside world, her position is indispensable. She is suffering from breast cancer. Wulan (Rachel Maryam), th eisland’s autistic girl is raped and pregnant. Sumantri is thinking of performing an abortion, the forbidden act and considered as a big sin by the local believe
Safina (Kirana Larasati) and her gang are high school students in Yogyakarta, famoust as a tourist destination and higher learning in the country. The technology provides easy access to Internet, satisfying their curiousity about one issue that captivates them the most: SEX which they have been experimenting sex with their peers. Jay Anwar, a journalist from Jakarta visits Yogya, and Safina falls in love with him. Little that she knows, what the young journalist had in mind might not be close to the price she has sacrificed
Esi (Shanty) a single mother who works as janitor in a dangdut club. She is determined to provide her only daughter with education albeit her struggle to make ends meet. One night, she finds her young teenage daughter, Maesaroh (Ken Nala Amrytha), is sexually harassed by Narto, her boyfriend. Luckily, they find shelter and protector in Cicih (Sarah Sechan), the club’s witty and gutsy icon. But her unfortunate event continues…she finds that her daughter is missing and Cicih to a local women trafficking syndicate
Laksmi (Susan Bachtiar), found out that her husband has died of AIDS. Barely recovered from grieve, she has to deal with the fact that she is infected with the same virus. Her mother-in-law demand the custody of their grandchild, Belinda (Ranti Maria). Laksmi struggle to keep Belinda. Trying to survive without a job, Laksmi begin to see the harsh reality: she has to choose between her daughter and her fight with HIV
Directed by: Nia Dinata, Upi, Lasja F. Susatyo, Fatimah T. Rony
Cast: Rieke Dyah Pitaloka, Rachel Maryam, Shanty, Sarah Sechan, Susan Bachtiar, Fauzi Baadila
Duration: 109 min
Language: BAHASA INDONESIA
Subtitle: ENGLISH
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