Synopsis

Replacements (2020) depicts a Javanese family living in a fictional neighborhood in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. Inspired by real people and places, they are witnesses to this congested metropolis's urban, environmental, political and cultural transformations from about 1980 to 2020. In praise of the satisfaction of impermanent things, it tells about the dented yet peaceful transition of an old traditional village into an uprooted megapolis through three generations. This experience aims to appreciate and reflect on Jakarta's recent history through the eyes of an ordinary family that most Indonesians, from children to the elderly, can identify with.