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Life After 90

"Hidup Setelah 90" (Life After 90) follows the contrasting lives and families of two nonagenarians. 90-year-old Paulus still plays golf. 97-year-old Gien is now disabled, but still looking after her daughter. They talk about independence, success, regrets and wisdom.

  • Grace Tan-Johannes
    Director
  • Grace Tan-Johannes
    Writer
  • Andra Fembriarto
    Producer
    The Lightdancer
  • Paulus Wartojo
    Key Cast
  • Sri Murni Setiawan
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Hidup Setelah 90
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 14, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    Indonesia
  • Language:
    Indonesian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Grace Tan-Johannes

Grace Tan-Johannes (née Susetyo) is a freelance journalist and media consultant. Best known for her work in the Jakarta Globe and Indonesia Expat, Grace recently started writing for the South China Morning Post. In 2012, Grace received an AJI-ILO fellowship to produce and direct "The Shoemaker's Elf," a documentary on child labour in the footwear industry, aired on BeritaSatu TV. Grace is currently pitching her travel memoir "Fairytales from the Southern Isles" to Indonesian publishers.

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Director Statement

In today’s culture that glorifies youth and independence, living past 90 is perhaps the closest statement to “eternal life” in this side of existence. It also shows that so many valuable aspects of the self remain, even decades after one’s youth has faded.

Life After 90 captures this in the contrasting lives of two nonagenarians, 97-year-old golfer Paulus (Grace’s grandfather-in-law) and 90-year-old former dressmaker Gien (Grace’s grandmother). Paulus says he does not feel old, and enjoys an independent and socially active life. Gien changed her name for political reasons, and became disabled, but counts her blessings in what has been a love-filled life.

Shot over a New Year’s family holiday trip by a newlywed couple, Life After 90 was made out of a desire to remember the grandparents’ legacies in film, and to share a universal story of what makes a good life past the glowing embers of youth.