Position Among the Stars(Stand van de sterren)

Name: Position Among the Stars
Genre: Documentary, History

Netherlands, Indonesia · 2011
1h 49m
Director Leonard Retel Helmrich
Starring
Genre Documentary, History

Through the eyes of grandmother Rumidjah, a poor old Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta, we see the economical changing society of Indonesia and the influence of globalization reflected in the life of her juvenile granddaughter Tari and her sons Bakti and Dwi.

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Village Voice by

Leonard Retel Helmrich's third documentary about the same Indonesian family is a dazzler in at least a couple ways.

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Engrossing, poetic and often very funny, "Position," like its predecessors, uses the lens of a single family to view the tumult of an entire country.

The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt

An eloquently shot and closely observed documentary about a poor family in modern-day Indonesia.

Variety by Leslie Felperin

As with his previous pics about the brood, Dutch-Indonesian helmer Leonard Retel Helmrich deploys an expressionistic, quasi-soap-opera approach to produce striking results, thanks especially to use of Steadicam. But the protagonists seem to be playing to the cameras more this time round, making "Stars" a less charming effort than earlier installments.