Their relationship forces him to confront his humiliating secret: his impotence. Their combat melts into compassion, which blossoms into love. While trying to kill a shady businessman, he runs into formidable bodyguard Iteung (Ladya Cheryl). Set in the 1980s in a rural part of the country dominated by oligarchs with ties to the military, the lonely and troubled Ajo (Marthino Lio) is a local lout known for starting fights. His deftness in keeping the tone poised between ironic humour and serious drama helped it take home the Golden Leopard for Best Film at last year's Locarno Film Festival. Edwin, the mononymous director who also adapted Eka Kurniawan's best-selling book, makes intelligent choices that stop this ambitious work from lapsing into slapstick silliness, Quentin Tarantino quotations or chaos. Inside a revenge plot, there are impotence jokes, kickboxing duels, street races and, thrown in for good measure, a haunted house. Pulpy action meets critique of Indonesian politics and manhood in this weird but enjoyable mash-up of a movie, adapted from the acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name. 114 minutes, now showing exclusively at The Projector, 4 stars