Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023) on Netflix
PG-1320231h 26mCrimeDocumentary
Wayan Mirna Salihin dies in 2016 after an iced coffee at a Jakarta cafe. Her friend Jessica Kumala Wongso stands trial for the death, in a case that divides Indonesia.
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In 2016, Mirna Salihin died after an iced coffee at Olivier Cafe in Jakarta, and police told her father she had been poisoned. Edi Darmawan and Mirna's twin sister Made Sandy Salihin appear in the film, along with the cafe's manager and barista, prosecutors, defense lawyers, witnesses, experts and journalists. Her friend Jessica Kumala Wongso is accused, and those on her side call her a scapegoat; lawyer Otto Hasibuan joins the defense without payment. Wongso says the case and the media attention harmed her mental health.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023)
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- Ice Cold is the first Indonesian documentary to enter Netflix's global top ten film list (Non-English), taking position 6 for two weeks; its trailer drew 44 million views, one of the highest for a Netflix documentary in any territory.
- Mirna Salihin's friend Hani Juwita Boon refused to be interviewed and blocked Netflix from contacting her, as lawyer Otto Hasibuan revealed on a podcast with Deddy Corbuzier; policeman Krishna Murti also refused, and Salihin's husband Arief Soemarko declined because the interview reopened old trauma.
- Jessica Wongso's lawyer Otto Hasibuan said he told her to apply for clemency on the condition that she admit guilt; she rejected it, saying she would never admit a mistake she did not commit and would rather choose imprisonment.
- A scene in which Jessica Wongso is barred from giving an interview in prison trended online, but Ministry of Law representative Rika Aprianti said the film crew never received interview permission, a claim netizens heavily questioned as impossible.
