{{Short description|2004 drama film by Rudi Soedjarwo}} '''''Mengejar Matahari''''' ({{langx|en|Chasing the Sun}}) is a 2004 Indonesian coming-of-age drama film directed by Rudi Sujarwo.<ref>Ariel Heryanto. ''Popular Culture in Indonesia'' 2008 p.37 " ... in Indonesia, with a focus on Mengejar Matahari (Chasing the Sun) (2004) and 9 Naga (9 Dragons) (2006), two films by ..."</ref> It was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2005.<ref>''Asian Cinema: A Publication of the Asian Cinema Studies Society'' 2006 " Mengejar Matahari (Chasing the Sun, 2004, which was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam last year), ..."</ref><ref>''Variety International Film Guide'' 2005 p.178 "MENGEJAR MATAHARI (literally, Chasing the Sun) [Drama, 2004] Script: Titien Wattimena. Dir: Rudi Sujarwo. "</ref>
''Mengejar Matahari'' is a coming of age story of four childhood friends living in a Jakarta ghetto whose bonds are tested as they grow into adulthood.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mengejar matahari (2004) Plot Summary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483068/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl|website=IMDb|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>
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