The Eye of the Day

The Eye Of The Day is a three year labour of love for filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich. Using a Mini DV camera, he captured the life and times of Indonesians through political chaos and a depressed economy. In particular, he follows Rumidja and her two grown sons, Dwi and Barkti, as they try, not only to survive, but to have some fun. Helmrich has chosen to use a non-linear narrative sequence, providing subtitles to identify places and times. This allows him to segue between scenes of children and protesters singing the national anthem, both situations having been encountered earlier in the film.