Much like Thanksgiving in America, "mudik" or loosely-translated as homecoming is a pretty specific tradition in Indonesia where people who come from all over the country to Jakarta in hopes for a better future go back home every Eid al-Fitr holiday to reunite with their families. While this tradition is mostly identified with Muslims, the majority of Jakartans usually do this if their family doesn't originate in Jakarta.
To drive further into Santi's character, Asmara Abigail learned how to dance Tango.
Director Adriyanto Dewo said the idea of the story came to him in 2015 as he realized that behind the euphoria and happiness from the act of homecoming, there are other, less fun stuff that also happen, such as traffic accidents that take people's lives.
During its first 14 days of release on Mola TV, this movie garnered as much as 55.000 viewers.
This movie premiered at Macau International Film Festival in December 9th, 2019, and then was screened at CinemAsia Film Festival in March 4th 2020, an independent Asian film festival in Europe, before it was finally released for public in Indonesia through Mola TV in August 28th, 2020--the first movie to be released by the aforementioned streaming platform in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic, kicking off other Lifelike Pictures' collaborations with Mola TV which include the web series Detektif Sholeh and Angkringan.
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