The Rainbow Troops (2008)
A group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.
Top billed cast
Cut MiniIbu Muslimah
IkranagaraPak Harfan
Lukman SardiIkal Dewasa
Ario BayuLintang Dewasa
Tora SudiroPak Mahmud
Teuku Rifnu WikanaPak Bakri
Mathias MuchusBapak Ikal
Rieke Dyah PitalokaIbu Ikal
Alex KomangBapak Lintang
Slamet RahardjoPak Zulkarnaen
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