A Very Touching Movie

Today, our lecturer Ms Hidayah introduced us about a teacher and 10 children touching story.  The title of the movie is Laskar Pelangi and this is a very touching and inspiring movie. The movie is about a group of kids, who eager to study and gaining knowledge. Taking scene at Indonesia, an old school SD MUHAMMADIYAH who are willing to teach to poor kids who desire knowledge for free. The school opens with only 10 students, each from very poor family background. 


The school was almost broken and at the night, it was used for being a barn. The school was also almost closed because the lack of student number, which only has 9 students from minimum 10 students required for a school. But, fortunately an abnormal children saved the school for being closed.  The students live in poverty, making use of whatever nature allows them to study. When the school faces a shortage of funds and students insist on participating in the local carnival, the class puts up a performance.


I like about Laskar Pelangi is the impactful dialogues that will forever be etched in my mind. When asked why she does not want to accept a marriage proposal from a rich businessman, Teacher Mus simply said, “Mimpiku bukan untuk menjadi isteri saudagar, mimpiku ialah untuk menjadi guru!” The English translation would simply mean “My dream is not to be a businessman’s wife, my dream is to be an educator!”


Apart from that, I couldn’t quite catch the character’s names. One boy has a superb ability of mental calculations.  Another scene was 3 kids succeed on winning a school quizzes championship. But, the sad comes when one of the child  father died. Therefore, the child no longer study because he has to take care of his family.  By watching these climax make my tear falls down. Such a great kid, but cannot study because of his family condition.


Last but not least, I like the quote in the movie and taken from Laskar Pelangi : 

" Hiduplah dengan memberi sebanyak-banyaknya, bukannya menerima sebanyak-banyaknya "