THE PHOTOGRAPH

Director: Nan Achnas

Indonesia/France

35 mm, color

Producers: Shanty Harmayn (Salto Films – www. Salto.com), Paquita Widjaya (Triximages), Natacha Devillers – Les Petites Lumières

Shooting in Semarang, Indonesia

International Premiere at 2007 Pusan International Film Festival

Winner Open Doors Locarno Film Festival 2006 Supported by the CNC, Göteborg Film Festival, Prince Claud Fund at Cinemart

World Premiere Pusan International Film Festival, 2007

Johan, a 50-year-old Indonesian and travelling photographer of Chinese descent, has just learned that he has cancer and only several months left to live. He tries to find a successor for his job but non of the candidates he interviews fit the bill. Until he finds the least probable one of all, by his side. A story of submission, affection and solidarity.