IMPETIGORE

A victim of a targeted attack, Maya returns to her native village in search of answers. She discovers that the community is struck by a terrible curse, which causes the near-immediate death of infants born with no skin.

Joko Anwar is one of the most gifted actors, screenwriters and directors of his generation and is responsible for some of Indonesian cinema’s biggest successes. With Impetigore, he continues with the development of the horror film begun with his previous works Modus Anomali and Satan’s Slaves. A skilfully scripted and brilliantly directed horror thriller, which constantly plays with the codes of the genre and viewers’ expectations of entertainment that’s both gripping and shrewd.