BUT NOT FOR ME IS A FILM ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR FULFILLMENT THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, THE LINES WE DRAW AS WE STRUGGLE TO DEFINE OURSELVES, AND THE UNDERLYING TRUTHS THAT ULTIMATELY CONNECT US. 关于自我、人生、艺术、以及爱情。
After nine days, Martha, an illegal Indonesian migrant worker (TKI) in Sabah, Malaysia, was finally repatriated. It fulfills Abram’s u nusual last message to his wife, Orpa, “There will be no funeral until Martha returns.”
Martha’s return brings great happiness to the family, particularly Orpa and their youngest daughter, Berta, as well as Damar-jati, Martha’s former high schoo...
Yura, working at a local nature museum, looking for a rare species, witnesses an arson in the forest. He brings the photos to a local newspaper, and gets a job there. With his new profession it dawns to him that the reality around him is a far cry from what is written in the newspaper.