Crocodile Tears
Southeast Asian Premiere
Tumpal Tampubolon Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany 2024 98 min NC16 (Some Sexual Scenes)
This taut debut draws from emotion’s extremes and nature’s savagery to deliver a unique take on domestic horror.
Lanky, shy-natured Johan spends his youth tending to a rundown family crocodile farm. His personal life orbits around his single mother, who showers Johan with endless affection and watches his every action. All seems well in their hermetic world until Arumi, a woman close to Johan’s age, arrives from out of town and disturbs their placid days.
The unhurried storytelling mimics a mushrooming love. But as the trio protect their wants with growing desperation, they turn inscrutable and their mere presence feels mortally dangerous. This startling drama, like its titular reptiles who sleep, cry and kill all at once, subsists on the terror of proximity: an intimacy that tightens irreversibly, and a love that spreads like venom.
Q&A with Filmmaker(s), Audience Choice Award
30 Nov, Sat 4:30PM / 98 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 2
Q&A with Filmmaker(s), Audience Choice Award
7 Dec, Sat 11:00AM / 98 min
Filmgarde Kallang, Hall 3
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Crocodile Tears
Air Mata Buaya
Tumpal Tampubolon
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany
2024
Indonesian
English
98 min
NC16 (Some Sexual Scenes)
Southeast Asian Premiere
Tumpal Tampubolon
Tumpal Tampubolon is a filmmaker from Indonesia whose early screenplays have won awards domestically. His directed short film, The Sea Calls For Me (2021), took home the Sonje Award for Best Short Fiction at Busan. Crocodile Tears, his feature debut, premiered at Toronto.
Mandy Marahimin,
Claire Lajoumard,
Anthony Chen,
Christophe LaFont,
Teoh Yi Peng,
Harry Flöter,
Jörg Siepmann
Yusuf Mahardika,
Marissa Anita,
Zulfa Maharani
