Fiksi.

{{Short description|2008 Indonesian thriller film}}{{Infobox film | name = ''Fiction.'' | image = Fiksi. poster.jpg | caption = Poster | native_name = ''Fiksi.'' | director = Mouly Surya | producer = Rama Adi Parama Wirasmo Tia Hasibuan Sapto Soetarjo | screenplay = Mouly Surya Joko Anwar | story = Mouly Surya | starring = Ladya Cheryl Donny Alamsyah Kinaryosih | music = Zeke Khaseli | cinematography = Yunus Pasolang | editing = Muhammad Ichsan | production_companies = Cinesurya | distributor = Cinesurya | released = {{Film date|2008|06|19|Indonesia|df=y}} | runtime = 110 minutes | country = Indonesia | language = Indonesian | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Fiksi.''''' (sometimes stylized as '''''fiksi.'''''; English: ''Fiction'') is a 2008 Indonesian thriller film and the directorial debut of Mouly Surya.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Fiksi|url=http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-f005-08-294978_fiksi|publisher=filmindonesia.or.id|accessdate=2020-05-18}}</ref> The film follows Alisha, a young woman who leaves her family mansion and moves into a modest apartment, where she encounters eccentric neighbours whose stories she gradually weaves into her obsessive fantasies.<ref name=":0" /> Surya has described ''Fiksi.'' as an "adult re-invention" of ''Alice in Wonderland'', with the character of Alisha presented as an inverted version of Alice.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Sasono|first=Eric|date=2010-08-04|title=Jalan Sulit Alisha dan Mouly|url=https://ericsasono.com/2010/08/04/jalan-sulit-alisha-dan-mouly/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=kinemata|language=en}}</ref>

The film stars Ladya Cheryl as Alisha, a performance for which she received a nomination for Best Actress at the 28th Citra Awards.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|title=Fiksi. - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239435/awards|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> Surya won the Citra Award for Best Director, becoming the first—and, as of 2020, the only—woman to receive the award.<ref name=":4" />

== Synopsis == Alisha (Ladya Cheryl) feels uncomfortable in her spacious, modern home. One day, she meets Bari (Donny Alamsyah), who introduces her to the experience of love.<ref>{{Citation|last=Surya|first=Mouly|title=Fiksi.|date=2008-06-19|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239435/|type=Thriller|others=Ladya Cheryl, Donny Alamsyah, Kinaryosih, Soultan Saladin|publisher=Cinesurya Productions|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref>

== Cast ==

* Ladya Cheryl as Alisha, a young woman who moves into a low-cost apartment and becomes neighbours with Bari and Renta * Donny Alamsyah as Bari, Renta's long-term boyfriend of seven years, with whom Alisha develops an obsession after seeing him clean the pool at her family mansion * Kinaryosih as Renta, Bari's girlfriend of seven years and a psychology student * Soultan Saladin as Alisha's wealthy father * Rina Hasyim as Tuti, the housekeeper at Alisha's family mansion * Egy Fedly as Bambang, Alisha's personal chauffeur and bodyguard * Inong as Alisha's mother, who died by suicide when Alisha was young * Aty Cancer as Dirah, a resident of the apartment building who keeps numerous cats and has a traumatic past * José Rizal Manua as an elderly man who has never entered his apartment unit and who formerly owned the land on which the apartment building stands

== Production == Surya met her future husband and collaborator Rama Adi while working as an assistant director on Rako Prijanto's 2007 films ''D'Bijis'' and ''Love Is Red''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Ketika Mouly Surya Bicara Tentang Filmnya dan Kemungkinan Gabung BCU - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kHQb6TCzJM|access-date=2021-02-01|website=www.youtube.com|date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Djaya|first=Andi Baso|title=Pasutri sehati dalam film|url=https://lokadata.id/artikel/pasutri-sehati-dalam-film|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Lokadata.ID|language=id|archive-date=2021-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409090240/https://lokadata.id/artikel/pasutri-sehati-dalam-film|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, they co-founded the film production company Cinesurya and secured funding to produce ''Fiksi.'', based on a screenplay developed by Surya.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

The pair sought advice from established filmmaker Riri Riza on producing their first feature film. He recommended collaborating with more experienced practitioners during the development process, which led them to work with producer Tia Hasibuan and writer-director Joko Anwar.<ref name=":1" /> Anwar spent approximately one month revising Surya's draft and was subsequently credited as a co-writer.<ref name=":1" />

In March 2020, a behind-the-scenes film directed by then lesser-known filmmakers Yosep Anggi Noen and B. W. Purbanegara was released on Cinesurya's YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=fiksi. (BEHIND THE SCENE) - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jRAHUfKqN4&t=470s|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.youtube.com|date=24 March 2020}}</ref>

== Release == ''Fiksi.'' was released theatrically in Indonesia on June 19, 2008.<ref name=":5">{{Citation|title=Fiksi. (2008) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239435/releaseinfo|access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref> The film was subsequently screened at the Busan International Film Festival and the Jakarta International Film Festival in 2008, as well as at the Asiexpo Lyon Asian Film Festival in 2011 and the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2016.<ref name=":5" />

== Reception == Film critic Eric Sasono wrote that Surya's direction "almost fails to deliver" because of what he described as a lack of plausibility in the story, but he also praised the film for venturing "out of the comfort zone" of mainstream Indonesian cinema.<ref name=":3" /> Similarly, Maggie Lee of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' criticised the film's "jumbled" time sequences and laid-back pacing, while praising its "overlapping plots", which she described as "weirdly fascinating in their own right".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-07|title=Film Review: Fiksi|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/film-review-fiksi-120567|access-date=2021-02-06|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}</ref>

Richard Kuipers of ''Variety'' offered a more positive assessment, describing the film as "an intriguing web around a lonely rich girl's obsession with a handsome writer" and praising Surya's direction as "briskly paced" with "well-drawn characters".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kuipers|first=Richard|date=2008-10-15|title=Fiksi|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/fiksi-1200471618/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==

{|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Award !Category !Recipient !Result |- !2008 |Jakarta International Film Festival |Best Director | rowspan="2" |Mouly Surya |{{won}} |- !2008 |Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival |Golden Hanoman Award |{{nom}} |- ! rowspan="10" |2008 | rowspan="10" |28th Citra Awards |Best Picture |''Fiksi.'' |{{won}} |- |Best Director |Mouly Surya |{{won}} |- |Best Actor |Donny Alamsyah |{{nom}} |- |Best Actress |Ladya Cheryl |{{nom}} |- |Best Screenplay |Mouly Surya Joko Anwar |{{won}} |- |Best Cinematography |Yunus Pasolang |{{nom}} |- |Best Editing |Muhammad Ichsan |{{nom}} |- |Best Art Direction |Eros Eflin |{{nom}} |- |Best Original Score |Zeke Khaseli |{{won}} |- |Best Sound |Yusuf A. Patawari Aufa Rahmat Triangga Ariaputra |{{nom}} |- ! rowspan="5" |2009 | rowspan="5" |3rd Indonesian Movie Awards |Best Actress |Ladya Cheryl |{{nom}} |- |Best Supporting Actress |Kinaryosih |{{nom}} |- |Favorite Film |''Fiksi.'' |{{nom}} |- |Favorite Actress |Ladya Cheryl |{{nom}} |- |Favorite Supporting Actress |Kinaryosih |{{nom}} |}

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== External links == *{{IMDb title|tt1239435}}

Category:Citra Award winners Category:2000s Indonesian-language films Category:2008 Indonesian films Category:2008 films Category:Indonesian thriller films Category:2008 thriller films Category:2008 directorial debut films Category:Best Film Citra Award winners Category:Films directed by Mouly Surya