Jim Taihuttu is working on a film about the Indonesian war of independence that took place between 1945 and 1949, but does not want to condemn the soldiers of that time. “It's an untold story. (...) I want to show that it happened,” says Taihuttu in an interview about De Oost in the Volkskrant. The director, who gained fame with films such as Rabat and Wolf, was initially advised not to shoot the film in Indonesia. The country would not have the right infrastructure to shoot a major film, and the war theme would probably open wounds.

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