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Sing to the Dawn
Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.
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Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.
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Genre:Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Written By:Min-Fong Ho, Philip Stamp
In Theaters:
Box Office:$180,173
Runtime:93 minutes
Studio:MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Kalyana Shira Films, Indika Pictures, Media Development Authority (MDA), Scorpio East Pictures, Infinite Frameworks
Cast
Philip Mitchell
Director
Gita Gutawa
Dana (voice)
Patton Otlivio
Rai (voice)
Surya Saputra
Pairot (voice)
Cut Mini
Kakatu (voice)
Shanty
Minah (voice)
Indra Bekti
Ben (voice)
Uli Herdinansyah
Somad (voice)
Ria Irawan
Kadal (voice)
Jajang C. Noer
Oma (voice)
Tike Priatnakusumah
Tante Bear (voice)
José Rizal Manua
Wiwien (voice)
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