Good story, good script, but poor casting. Ine didn't show enough how stressful her character supposedly. Many scenes may be acceptable for foreign spectators but not for indonesians because those are not common and almost unreal on daily basis, e.g the presentation in small room with only few audiences but still use mic and enhanced speaker/sound system, the repetition of using neon ring in recording video, the teachers/school staffs silky uniform, and the autopeds.
Ine, Dwi and Prilly well representing the look of javanese but not Angga neither the Gora character, much better if Gora is a dark skin boy to appear as a disturbed person. Indeed not all javanese have dark skin, but only few have light skin. This would take the audience more to the vibe of central java, the hot air, mostly drought in long summer, etc.
I also found director pushing Ine to shed tears in many scenes by put the camera focusing on her in minutes, frankly tears were just hanging in her eyes, question is why not to put a bit of fake tears on it? Prilly is the only actress which easily shed tears which suit the drama.
