On Your Lap

~ Nothing can be as powerful as a mother's love. ~

Overview:

Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in Pantura. Maya takes care of Sartika and helps with her deliveries. After Sartika gives birth, Maya manipulates her into working for her as the "Kopi Pangku" waitress, a job that requires her to serve coffee on a man's lap, until one day she meets a fish distributor truck driver named Hadi and falls in love. Will she find happiness?

Director:

Reza Rahadian

Status:

Released

Language:

Indonesian

Buget:

$875,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

coffee shop
female protagonist
cafe
financial crisis
social issues
seaside village
lap

Cast

Claresta Taufan

~ as ~

Sartika

Fedi Nuril

~ as ~

Hadi

Christine Hakim

~ as ~

Maya

Shakeel Fauzi Aisy

~ as ~

Bayu

José Rizal Manua

~ as ~

Jaya

Devano Danendra

~ as ~

Gilang

Kaan Lativan

~ as ~

Asep

Reza Chandika

~ as ~

Gondrong

Nazira C. Noer

~ as ~

Yuna

Galabby Tahira Pahlevi

~ as ~

Sita

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Reviews (1)

CM
Call Me Dunham
Written 1 month(s) ago
10
Such a solid debut! Never thought I’d end up loving Reza Rahadian’s first feature this much. It’s quiet, slow, minimal — barely says a word but speaks straight to the heart. At first, I thought it’d just revolve around the Kopi Pangku phenomenon along the Pantura highway, but it turns out to be so much more. It’s also about a mother’s fight for life — shown through Sartika, a single mom struggling to protect the baby inside her.

And trust me, even with the slow pacing, you won’t get bored for a second. The visuals alone will spoil you — simple yet grand, with beautiful color grading. Every shot isn’t just pretty to look at, it feels something — it adds weight, emotion, and depth.