Arisan is a 2003 Indonesian film that has drawn more than 100,000 viewers. It is the first Indonesian film with a gay theme, and the first Indonesian film to use highdefinition color enhancement. It uses a mixture of English, standard Indonesian and Jakartan slang. Arisan became the second film in Indonesian film history to win all six major awards in Festival Film Indonesia FFI, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, after Ibunda in 1986. Arisan was also the first film in Indonesian film history to include two men kissing, by the characters Sakti and Nino Tora Sudiro and Surya Saputra. Because of this, the two won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the Festival Film Indonesia FFI.
The story is based in Jakarta in Indonesia. It revolves around three main characters, Memey, Andien and Sakti, who struggle to maintain their facade of perfection in front of their arisan friends. An arisan is a meeting fraternity of upscale female socialites in Jakarta who meet regularly to share gossip and draw lots to see who takes home the money they all contribute.The main character is Meimei Cut Mini Theo, an interior designer with a business of her own. Her husband has left her for an actress, and also finds out that she cannot get pregnant. When she finally finds a new love interest, Nino Surya Saputra, it turns out that Nino is more interested in her best friend, Sakti Tora Sudiro. While another friend Andien Aida Nurmala, is a betrayed wife. ........
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