Arini (There are Still Trains Passing By)

The story

Arini is "misled" by a close friend, Ira, who wants to marry her husband, Helmi. Eventually she finds out this plan, so she asks for a divorce and leaves her son, who later is discovered to have kidney failure. She leaves for the U.S. where she meets Nick, a student who wants to escape from his conservative, and troubled family. Nick really loves Arini, but the latter is still involved in many matters related to her ex-husband. The director, Sophan Sophiaan, who has a political activist family background, always uses his films to criticise social and political issues. Only this time, he does it in a more subtle way.

In the same saga

Arini Collection

In release order

This film

Arini (There are Still Trains Passing By)

1987

Arini II (Biarkan Kereta Api Itu Lewat)

1988

Cast

W Widyawati SophiaanArini R Rano KarnoNick J Joice ErnaIra S Sophan SophiaanHelmi R Rima MelatiIbu Nick V Vivi SamodroElla