Ladya Cheryl

Well-known for his avant-garde shorts, experimental filmmaker Edwin expands his scope with this eccentric debut: a darkly comic chronicle of a Chinese-Indonesian woman adrift in her own country. An outlandish mosaic of oft-kilter vignettes and riotous gags, guided by an earnest yearning to belong.

He’s a cocky fighter wrestling with impotence. She’s a badass bodyguard for the local mafia. Together, they're an odd couple living in an unusual world.