Reza Rahadian Turns His Grandmother’s Decades in Exile Into Busan Asian Project Market Drama ‘Casparina’

Actor-director Reza Rahadian is developing his second feature film, titled "Casparina," for the Busan Asian Project Market. The drama is inspired by the life of his grandmother, Francisca Casparina Fanggidaej.

The narrative centers on a journalist who was stripped of her Indonesian citizenship in 1965. Decades later, she returns home to face children who grew up in her absence.