indonesian indonesian language musical comedy film starring directed film follows sisters live father grandmother eldest sister shows interest marrying family tries unsuccessfully find husband initially rejects advances young man named instead dates younger sister jealous travels love agrees marry produced government credit written attempt cover outstanding debts intended commercial despite disapproval works released august film immense popular success launching careers stars earning highest box office returns film screened class cinemas shown venice film festival received indonesian film week considered compromise initial vision release considered classic indonesian cinema themes remain relevant modern indonesian society remade seek love influenced second remake story produced scheduled september release restored converted digital plot sisters raised grandmother young mother death sisters father lives involved work pay sisters boyfriend grandmother tells live aged marry agrees invite colleagues house come days later present piano playing singing men old grandmother insists find younger man conversation suggests hold party failure takes interest festivities asked hopes eldest sister meet young man party men sits dance eventually leaves asked returned home tells grandmother felt old younger party asks told shouts grandmother hoping find husband initially angered understands grandmother good intentions following day stricken driven despite injured leg insists taking home knowledge follows later returns apologize treats harshly quickly accepted grandmother asks visit frequently days pushes away uses sister interest closer announces engaged grandmother furious marries sister says marry fight guardians decide best home uncle rest writes letter father kisses day news sparks jealousy insists choose decides protest confronts confesses love tells sleeps night insistence takes remainder family meet family introduces sons revealed young child embrace production directed produced better known wanted consider commercial aspects filmmaking established forced recognise need profitable film continued lose money following failures crises guest company financial situation bleak fired number staff government credit finance production collaborated write film popular audiences resulting story inspired musical comedy smart girls production began cast titular previously appeared debut previous year year old daughter film director feature film debut supporting roles filled role cast real life son musical films popular indonesian audiences genre featured seven songs served sound editor provided vocals actors dubbed long time handled cinematography black white film company outdated equipment charge editing release reception premiered august distributed found popular success screened consecutive weeks cinemas archipelago included class cinemas affiliated showed imported films september president arranged private screening film presidential palace birthday wife competitions groups sisters held java term widely products shops drinks indonesian film week received negotiations bring began soon release film exported commercial success exchange import film cloudy skies late 1950s film shown italian cities including rome yugoslavia saw rome screening invited venice film festival considered venice screening unsuccessful screening netherlands new_guinea august august impact lucrative film grossing million ticket sales profit theatrical run despite popular success financial situation saw little improvement furthermore considered disappointment compromised goals established according fellow film director ashamed film intent sell production showed difficult accept fact kind film money coming making kinds films dreamed initially subsequent years released number commercially oriented films dormitory girls commercial failures approached financial success attempted director quality profit films warriors freedom screened competition 2nd moscow international film festival years passed increasingly distanced early goals attempts enter banking nightclub industry parliament time death popular following success continued acting decades appearing final feature film years death recent film role verses love praised having acting style stage trained fellow actors popularity formed girl group baby dolls acted films retiring cinema legacy recognised classic indonesian cinema shown television retrospective tempo argued film showed sense honesty realism common earlier work memorial book wrote themes remained relevant indonesian people similar sentiments voiced film director held indonesia heavily damaged torn places scenes fungus lost altogether better preserve film future generations arranged restored based film second restored following restoration work included lost scenes extant copies film removal dust fungus began early completed october restoration converted digital screened indonesia beginning august dvd blu ray release following year films remade influenced remake seek love directed released comedy starred sisters live father face trials dating years later directing insisted cast crew watch attempt tempo writer later described seemingly trying recapture family musical dynamics story remake directed involve announced production realized updated retelling story story shot february march press conference film director stated enjoyed watching child remained film beauty said retelling maintained spirit original feature new plot new songs stars scheduled september release explanatory notes
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