Air Mata Buaya

Rural West Java: Johan and his overbearing mother, Mama, live on a decaying, rarely visited crocodile farm. The relentless labour and near-total isolation keep Johan firmly under his mother’s suffocating control. When an outsider enters Johan’s life, the fragile equilibrium between them begins to fracture. Taut and unnerving, this slow-burning suspense thriller from debut filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon explores the blurred line between care and cruelty. At what point does the balance of love tip from protective to predatory?