‘Crocodile Tears’ Snaps Up Toronto Premiere: Indonesian Filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon’s Family Drama Bares Its Teeth, Trailer Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran A trailer has been unveiled for “Crocodile Tears” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
The film, Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon’s feature debut, follows Johan, who lives alone with his mother on a crocodile farm.
Mother and son live in voluntary exile with only a white crocodile as their confidant. Their life of isolation is disrupted when Johan falls for a girl in town, Arumi, setting off a chain of events that threatens the delicate balance of their lives.
The film is a co-production between Indonesia’s Talamedia (producer Mandy Marahimin), Singapore’s Giraffe Pictures (producers Anthony Chen and Teoh Yi Peng), France’s Acrobates Films (producer Claire Lajoumard) and Poetik Film (producer Christophe Lafont) and Germany’s 2Pilots Filmproduction (producers Harry Flöter and Jörg Siepmann).
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