Perfected Grammar

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Through language lessons with her mother, a daughter learns more about her Indonesian roots, her mother’s painful journey, and her longing for a place to call home.
In Budapest, an elderly mother teaches her Hungarian-speaking daughter the difference between active and passive tenses in the mother's Indonesian mother tongue. What starts as a simple film about a familial language lesson encompasses the mother’s painful past, her journey to Hungary, her unintended life there, the effects of history on the individual, and the power of language to both reveal and connect.


This film will screen as part of the programme Shorts: Body as Archive.

Film details

  • Director(s)
    Andrea Suwito
  • Country(s)
    Hungary, Portugal, Belgium, Indonesia
  • Year
    2024
  • Duration
    11 mins
  • Executive producer(s)
    Doc Nomads
  • Producer(s)
    Andrea Suwito
  • Cinematography
    Andrea Suwito
  • Editing
    Andrea Suwito
  • Sound
    Satrio Budiono, Sutarjo Sutarjo
  • Language(s)
    Indonesian, Hungarian
  • Subtitles
    English Subtitles Throughout
  • Certification
    Unclassified 18+

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Shorts: Body as Archive + Q&A
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Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3
Q&A with directors Andrea Suwito, Romain Beck, Lamees AlMakkawy, Jamal Sterrett and Otis Mensah, followed by performance by Otis Mensah. Moderated by Jamie Allan.
Shorts: Body as Archive + Q&A
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Curzon - Screen 2
Q&A with directors Andrea Suwito, Romain Beck, Lamees AlMakkawy, Jamal Sterrett and Otis Mensah. Moderated by Frances Byrne.

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