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Ca-bau-kan

Name: Ca-bau-kan
Released: 2002

2002

Seeking her roots, a young woman uncovers the sweeping, unconventional love story of her parents — a Chinese-Indonesian courtesan and a tobacco merchant — set against decades of colonial and wartime upheaval. A lush historical romance.

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Part of 10 Essential Indonesian Films

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Indonesia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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