Pelajaran Cinta(1979)

Students who come to Yogyakarta to study, also have their first taste of love and sex. Three friends, Benny, Lesmono, and Larso find this out for themselves. Benny, a ladies’ man, introduces his friends to prostitution. Lesmono is secretly in love with Indri, but she falls into the hands of Benny. Benny, who takes life very lightly, manages to smuggle Indri into his room in the lodging house. When he goes home to Jakarta, Indri is anxious because she misses her period. Lesmono helps her to find a shaman who can perform an abortion. But when she goes to see a doctor, she finds out that she is not pregnant after all. Lesmono hopes to get Indri back but his hopes vanish when Benny returns and Indri goes back to him. Attempting to represent the teenagers’ psychological state in relation to love and sex; the film only manages to be jokey and shallow.

Genre: Drama

Director: Matnoor Tindaon

Actors: Pria Bombom, Ade Irawan, Lydia Kandou, Rano Karno, Enny Kusrini, Harvey Malaiholo, Anita Carolina Mohede, Kusno Sudjarwadi, Wolly Sutinah

Release date: 1979-01-01

Country of origin: Indonesia

Length: 1h 33m