Untuk Rena / Dear Rena

Dear Rena is a film about an 11 years old girl, Rena, who lives in ‘Rumah Matahari’ (House of Sun) since she was a baby. Rumah Matahari is a peaceful and full of fun orphanage. There in the orphanage where about 30 children live, Rena has younger ‘brothers and sisters’ she deeply protects. She makes trouble whenever a married couple comes to adopt one of them.

When the holy month Ramadhan approaches, comes a mysterious guest, Yudha, to Rumah Matahari. Rena assumes that Uncle Yudha will take away one of her brothers and sisters. It makes her very worried. Therefore she asks them to be suspicious to Uncle Yudha. However, Yudha keeps coming on every weekend and it slowly makes them closer. The atmosphere in Rumah Matahari starts to change. Rena suddenly fells that she has some kind of ties with Uncle Yuda without knowing why.

Who is Yudha? Why does he visit Rumah Matahari? Will he take one of the children away?

Technical Details
Genre : Drama
Year of Production : 2005
Duration : 104 minutes
Film : 35 mm
Aspect Ratio : 1 : 1.85
Setting : Indonesia
Bahasa : Bahasa Indonesia
Subtitle : English
Color/BW : Color

Casts & Crews
Director: Riri Riza
Producer: Riri Riza and Afi Shamara
Scriptwriter: Key Mangunsong
Cinematographer: Ipung Rachmat Syaiful
Editor Sastha Sunu
Art Director: Eros Eflin
Sound: Dwi Budenk P., Satrio Budiono
Music score: Djaduk Ferianto
Cast: Maudy Ayunda., Surya Saputra, Karlina Inawati

Festivals and Awards
- Best Director MTV Movie Award 2006
- Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival 2006, New Delhi