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I happened to read it by chance, said Surya.
The prose is written in such a way that it’s possible for you to definitely imagine it.
Tatum plays the role of Isas wife, Fatimah, who is tenacious and also competent with a piano.
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Isa is soon tasked with carrying out an assassination alongside fellow rebel Hazil (played by Kurnia).
However, Hazil increasingly becomes attracted to Fatimah.
However, Surya emphasized that her goal withThis City is a Battlefieldwas never to make a documentary.
Working in a fictional space gave her more creative freedom to draw from different sources and inspirations.
With a film, people expect reality, but I think that the perspective is reality.
I shot in real locations so there are just things that are out of our control, said Surya.
Making a period film was a daunting task, said Surya.
Victors get to write history, so its a perspective.
Its fiction, its a story, and that should be the most important thing.
Its what they planned for the city, to make it a port city.
Working onTrigger Warningin the U.S.
The film also featured Mark Webber, Tone Bell and Jake Weary.
America is a very different animal, so that was quite an experience.
The pressure is definitely different and I did grow up a lot as a filmmaker there.
Casting forBattlefield
Surya admitted that casting forThis City is a Battlefieldwas a long and tedious process.
He was a new actor back then.
Tatum sent in an audition tape, while Jerikho became attached to the film at a later stage.
I would say that Chicco was quite a unique choice for the role, said Surya.
Ive known Chicco for a while as an actor.
Isa was quite a bit of an opposite character that he usually plays.
Chicco usually plays the popular guy.
Finally, Surya highlighted howThis City is a Battlefieldwill have a fitting world premiere as IFFRs closing film.
Rotterdamhas always supported us from the very beginning, said Surya.
Half of the DNA of the film is Dutch and so being the closing film was very fitting.
