The Forbidden Door

The Forbidden Door (2009)

Pintu Terlarang

Open the wrong door, and you'll never wake up from the nightmare

A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.

Date of release
2009-01-22
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (63)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Joko Anwar

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Indonesia

The Forbidden Door is a 2009 Indonesian psychological thriller film written and directed by Joko Anwar based on Sekar Ayu Asmara's novel of the same name. Despite disappointing box office receipts in Indonesia, the film won rave reviews internationally, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it a film that "would make [Alfred] Hitchcock and [Pedro] Almodóvar proud."

Production

The film is Anwar's third feature releases following 2005's Joni's Promise and 2007's Dead Time: Kala. According to Anwar, while the story is based on an existing material, he added elements of his own into the screenplay by touching on his personal disdain of people who conceive children to conform to society's expectations without any real plans.

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