A Mother's Baby (1980)
1h 45m
Running Time
March 3, 1980
Release Date
Plot.
With the theme song, Indonesia Tanah Pusaka, the film’s melodrama takes on a nationalistic undertone. Hendrik Maulana, a staff officer in the Netherlands’ Indonesian Embassy, and his half-Dutch wife Nona, return to Indonesia. Hendrik is aware that he has to work hard in his country to his family. So he trains as an air traffic controller before he returns home. However, there is still the cultural clash and his children have to adjust to school and their hometown. Then Eka, their second child, who is always the scapegoat of the family, runs away. Eka is attracted to an orphan ice seller who can himself. He s him selling the ice until he is stricken with typhus. His friend then breaks the news to Hendrik and Nona. Both parents rally with their three children, to complete the family again.
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Cast & Crew.

Sophan Sophiaan
Hendrik Maulana / Director

Nyonyo Shabir
Eka

Widyawati Sophiaan
Nona

Puput Novel

Ryan Hidayat

Usbanda

Dolly

Etty Sumiati
Details.
Release Date
March 3, 1980
Original Name
Buah Hati Mama
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 45m
Filming Locations
Indonesia
Genres
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