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Becquerel

In an alternative future of Indonesia, when nuclear technology reaches the point of generating an artificial sun for endless energy resources, a lazy philosopher Sajad Ali wandering around seeks a place to sleep. Told in a semi-essayistic approach, Sajad Ali reflects the dynamics of nuclear technology in the future, the politics of materiality through the search for minerals such as thorium in Indonesia, as well as the complexity of nuclear issue in the Global South and its tension with ecology, energy consumption, nation-state, and productivity.

20m2022TMDb 4.0

Indonesian

Crew and Cast

Storyline

In an alternative future of Indonesia, when nuclear technology reaches the point of generating an artificial sun for endless energy resources, a lazy philosopher Sajad Ali wandering around seeks a place to sleep. Told in a semi-essayistic approach, Sajad Ali reflects the dynamics of nuclear technology in the future, the politics of materiality through the search for minerals such as thorium in Indonesia, as well as the complexity of nuclear issue in the Global South and its tension with ecology, energy consumption, nation-state, and productivity.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
31 May 2022
Runtime
20m
TMDB score
4.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Director
Riar Rizaldi
Writers
Riar Rizaldi
Studios
New Pessimism Studio
Countries
Indonesia

Languages

Original
Indonesian
Spoken
Indonesian