Ruma Maida (released internationally as Maida's House) is a 2009 Indonesian film written by Ayu Utami (pictured), directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja and starring Atiqah Hasiholan, Yama Carlos, Nino Fernandez, and Frans Tumbuan. It follows a woman's struggle to save an historic house from a developer, while showing the life of the house's original owner. Work on the film began in 2008, when Utami was approached by Lamp Pictures and asked to write a script with nationalist themes. Over six months, with input from Soeriaatmadja, she completed the story and later wrote a song for the soundtrack, which was provided by Naif. Shooting took place in Semarang, Central Java, and Kota, Jakarta, and different visual styles were used for scenes in the past and present. After three months of editing, the film premiered on the anniversary of the 1928 Youth Pledge. It was later shown in film festivals in Singapore, Australia, and Italy. Critical reception was mixed; reviewers praised the visuals but disapproved of the plot and dialogue. Ruma Maida was nominated for twelve Citra Awards at the 2009 Indonesian Film Festival, winning one.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1420:
Beijing was officially designated the capital of the Ming Dynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City (pictured), the seat of government, was completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing
1835:
Māori chiefs signed the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and established the United Tribes of New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Tribes_of_New_Zealand
1891:
The Nōbi Earthquake, Japan's largest known inland earthquake, struck the former provinces of Mino and Owari. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Mino-Owari_earthquake
1919:
The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volstead_Act
2009:
The detonation of a car bomb by an unidentified party in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_October_2009_Peshawar_bombing
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
mulct: (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mulct
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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