7.30PM: FEATURE FILM – When Rain looks back as a 32-year-old, he reflects that it all started the day the enigmatic Kris protected him from bullies in high school. Kris went on to demand Rain’s friendship, insisting on sleepovers and telling him to ditch his other friends, despite himself pursuing nights out with a succession of casual girlfriends. Rain, who’s coming to terms with being gay, can’t understand at all, and he’s devastated when Kris abruptly disappears from his life. But he gets over it, and has a formative sexual experience on a visit to Bangkok. Several years later he gets a surprising invitation to visit Kris, now married and living in Bali. But what does Kris really want? Indonesian director Andri Cung’s debut feature THE SUN THE MOON AND THE HURRICANE (2014, 101 min) is essentially about the ways we all learn from experience… and the ways we try to avoid getting trapped in recurring mistakes. It sustains its three-act structure with aplomb and looks and sounds great. It’s also sexy, seductive and emotionally very, very intense.
