La tropa del arcoíris

La tropa del arcoíris (2008)

Laskar Pelangi

Basada en una novela que ha vendido más de 500.000 ejemplares en Indonesia, 'La tropa del arcoíris' cuenta la historia de una profesora idealista y sus alumnos, los hijos de los obreros pobres de una isla rica en recursos naturales. La amenaza se cierne sobre la escuela ante la posibilidad de que sea clausurada, pero los profesores y sus alumnos lucharán por ganarse el respeto del pueblo.

Fecha de estreno
2008-09-25
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (33)
Duración
2 h 0 min
Géneros
Drama, Familia
Director
Riri Riza
Colección
Laskar Pelangi Collection

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Rodada en: Indonesia

Laskar Pelangi is a 2008 Indonesian drama film adapted from the novel of the same name by Andrea Hirata. The film follows a group of 10 students and their two inspirational teachers as they struggle with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village, located in Belitung. The film became a box office and critical success, becoming one of the highest-grossing in Indonesian box office history receiving a number of local and international awards.

Background and impact

The film reportedly cost 8 billion rupiah (US$890,000; ~ US$1,000,000 in 2017, accounting for inflation) to make and was a year in production. Most of the child actors in the film are from Belitung, and Producer Mira Lesmana explained that choice by saying: "In my opinion, there won't be any actors with a deeper connection to the roles than those who were born and lived in Belitong their entire life."

The Bangka Belitung provincial government declared some of the locations used in the film as areas of importance to culture and tourism in 2010, and provincial tourism chief Yan Megawandi said the decision was "primarily" made to help raise funds for the Muhammadiyah elementary school on which the film and novel's story are centered.

The film's local and international success fueled a tourism boom on Belitung, with Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia reopening direct service from Jakarta to Tanjung Pandan, Belitung's capital. A provincial government official that month said he had no hard data on the increase in tourist arrivals as a result of the film, but said that nearly all seats on flights to the island from Jakarta were booked in the first week it was open and that most…

A Belitung-based local newspaper Pos Belitung refers to the movie title in its motto, "Spirit Baru Negeri Laskar Pelangi" (New Spirit of the Land of Rainbow Troops).

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