''Stealing Raden Saleh'' () is a 2022 Indonesian heist

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directed by

Angga Dwimas Sasongko Angga Dwimas Sasongko (born 11 January 1985) is an Indonesian film director. He studied at University of Indonesia with a major in political science. His career began when he was 19 years old. In 2008, he founded Visinema Pictures, a film product ...

and written by Sasongko and Husein M. Atmodjo. The film features an

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, consists of:

Iqbaal Ramadhan Iqbaal Dhiafakhri Ramadhan (born 28 December 1999) is an Indonesian actor and singer. He is best known as an ex-member of the Indonesian boy band CJR (also known as Coboy Junior, and for his leading role in ''Dilan 1990'' (2018). In 2018, he wo ...

, Angga Yunanda,

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, Umay Shahab, Aghniny Haque and Ari Irham. The film follows a group who plans a heist of '' The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro'' painting by Indonesian artist

Raden Saleh Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (, EYD: ; , DIN: ; 1811 – 23 April 1880) was a pioneering Romantic painter from the Dutch East Indies of Arab- Javanese ethnicity. He was considered to be the first "modern" artist from Indonesia (then the Dutc ...

Cast

Production

Idea

The idea of ''Stealing Raden Saleh'' was conceived by Sasongko after his interest in paintings and the work of Indonesian painter

. The film was first announced during the

Visinema Pictures Visinema Pictures is an Indonesian Filmmaking#Production, film production company founded in 2008 by filmmakers Angga Dwimas Sasongko and Anggia Kharisma. The company started by producing various commercial and music videos. Its first film, ''Ha ...

' virtual

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on 18 November 2020, along with then-upcoming projects.

Casting

In June 2021, Ramadhan, Yunanda, Haque, Amanda, Shahab and Irham were announced to star. In May 2022,

revealed the film's first teaser. For success in the film, some of the casts did some exercises and changing their appearance.

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reveals that Umay Shahab has to lost about 5 kg of weight and cutting his hair being

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for Gofar character who was a handyman.

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began on 23 October 2021 in

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and

Pasuruan Pasuruan () is a city in East Java Province of Java, Indonesia. It had a population of 186,262 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 208,006 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at ...

. Aghinny Haque told to Astro Gempak that fighting scene with

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was one of the challenging scene besides that she had to fight with 5 men.

Release

''Stealing Raden Saleh'' was theatrically released in Indonesia on 25 August 2022. The film was also released in Malaysia on 22 September 2022 with

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as official

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for Malaysian market. The film garnered 2.3 million admission during its theatrical run and it became the seventh highest-grossing Indonesian film of 2022 as of 27 October.

Accolades

References

External links

* {{Angga Dwimas Sasongko 2020s Indonesian-language films 2020s buddy films 2020s heist films 2022 action films 2022 crime thriller films 2022 films Films set in Jakarta Astro Shaw films Visinema Pictures films