''Imperfect'' (; lit. ''Imperfect: Career, Love & Scales'') is a 2019 Indonesian drama film directed and co-written by

Ernest Prakasa Ernest Prakasa (born 29 January 1982) is an Indonesians, Indonesian comedian, Stand-up comedy, stand up performer, writer, and actor. He became popular after receiving third place in ''Stand Up Comedy Indonesia'' (SUCI) in 2011. He is known as a ...

. The film was adapted from the novel, ''Imperfect: A Journey to Self-Acceptance'', written by Meira Anastasia. It was released on 19 December 2019.

Premise

Rara, a messy and overweight research associate, lives in a world in which appearance matters. She orders her world by a close relationship with her boyfriend, Dika and his mother, also her best friend, Fey. Everything starts to change when she is promoted as the marketing manager, but is judged based on her appearance, deemed as "not presentable". Then, she decides to challenge her boss that she should be given the position if she manages to lose weight and change her appearance.

Cast

* Jessica Mila as Rara *

Reza Rahadian Reza Rahadian Matulessy (born on 5 March 1987) is an Indonesian actor, model, singer and director of Persian and Ambonese descent. He was Chair of the Indonesian Film Festival for the period 2021 to 2023. Early life He was born to an Iranian f ...

as Dika *Yasmin Napper as Lulu *Karina Suwandi as Debby *Shareefa Daanish as Fey *

Dion Wiyoko Dion Wiyoko (born in Surabaya, May 3, 1984) is an Indonesian actor of Chinese descent who started his career as a model. Biography Dion Wiyoko started his career as a model in some magazines such as Aneka Yess, Femina, and many more. Continui ...

as Kelvin *

Boy William William Hartanto known professionally as Boy William, is an Indonesian entertainer. Career Boy William Hartanto started his first career by winning the Starteen model election in 2009, where he showed his talent for dancing the Haka, Haka Danc ...

as George *Clara Bernadeth as Marsha *Dewi Irawan as Ratih *

as Teddy

Production

On 29 November 2018,

announced that he would adapt, his wife, Meira Anastasia's novel ''Imperfect: A Journey to Self-Acceptance'' into a film. He also revealed that the screenplay was mainly written by Anastasia. It was revealed on 20 June 2019 that Jessica Mila and

were set to star in the film. Prakasa revealed that he had aimed for Rahadian to star in one of his films. The filming was divided into two phases and started on 28 July 2019 in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

Bogor Bogor City (), or Bogor (, ), is a landlocked city in the West Java, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.

Depok Depok ( Sundanese: ᮓᮨᮕᮧᮊ᮪) is a landlocked city in West Java province. It is located directly south of Jakarta, it is the third largest urban centre in the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area after Jakarta and Bekasi and it has an area ...

Tangerang Tangerang (Sundanese script, Sundanese: , ) is the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta, it is the sixth largest city proper in ...

, and

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Release

The film was released nationwide on 19 December 2019. It garnered 127,038 moviegoers in the film's release date. It became the second most-watched Indonesian film of 2019 with 2,662,356 moviegoers.

Accolades

References

{{reflist Indonesian comedy-drama films 2019 comedy-drama films 2019 films Films about bullying