
Film list based on label "islam" - 3 entry
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Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves (2008)
Huda, Rian, and Syahid, are teenagers living at the same religious boarding school in a small town in Central Java. All three have different aspirations for when they graduate in a month’s time. On an old wall behind the religious school, they scribble their hopes. Then Huda goes to find his mother in Jakarta, where he…
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The Rainbow Troops (2008)
The film is an adaptation of the best-selling novel, Laskar Pelangi, by Andrea Hirata. Set in the late 70s, the first day in a Muhammadyah grade school is very stressful for two teachers, Ms. Muslimah and Mr. Harfan, and also their nine students, in Gantong village, Belitong. The reason is that if less than 10 students…
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Verses of Love (2008)
This is a love story told from the Islamic point-of-view. Fahri bin Abdillah, an Indonesian student, is trying to get a master’s degree in Al-Azhar. Egypt. Surviving by being a translator of religious books; Fahri meets all his goals with enthusiasm except for marriage. He is not familiar when dealing with women. Moving to Egypt changes…