A Brother and 7 Siblings (2024) on Netflix
Moko, a young architect, shares a house with his sister Agnes, her husband Atmo and their children. When the couple dies, he becomes the provider for his nieces, nephews and a newborn.
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Plot summary
Moko is defending his final architecture thesis when his girlfriend Maurin takes an urgent call from the family: his sister Agnes and her husband Atmo have been taken to a hospital. Atmo dies of a heart attack, and Agnes does not survive the birth of their third daughter, Ima. Moko lives in their house with their children, Woko and Nina, and with Atmo's nephew Rivano, known as Ano, and he now takes charge of them and of the newborn. He sets aside his plan to study abroad with Maurin. His sister Osa, in Australia with her husband Eka, says they will not be coming back to Indonesia soon.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Brother and 7 Siblings (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Before filming began, the cast lived together under one roof for five days to study the script and build chemistry with one another.
- A lot of the dialogue for Maurin, the character played by Amanda Rawles, was developed from ideas Rawles herself contributed.
- To make the family scenes more realistic, the production cast an actual baby less than one year old in the role of Ima, Moko's youngest sibling.
- Director Yandy Laurens hid easter eggs from Arswendo Atmowiloto's other works in the film, including Atmo reading Senopati Pamungkas in an opening scene and the original sinetron's song being sung in one scene.
