Top Cast
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Ferry Salim
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Melissa Karim
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Jessy Davita
Young Encim
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Nicholas Anderson
Young Encek
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Verdi Solaiman
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Aksara Dena
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Olivia Irawan
Daughter A
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Ari Antolin
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Ivan Pramono Susanto
Overview
76-year-old widower Encek convenes his children for a final dinner, unveiling concealed memoirs of love, loss and generational wounds before choosing the sea as his reunion place with his deceased wife.
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