Showing in Several Cinemas, Tatjana Saphira Trains in Japanese Dialogue for the Short Film 'PINK LAUNDRY'

Kapanlagi.com - After the success of her debut short film {04} HOME GARDEN, Alchemist Fragrance is back with its second cinematic work titled {02} PINK LAUNDRY. This short film is directed by Khozy Rizal, the director of Little Rebels Cinema Club who won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival and Basri & Salma in a Never-ending Comedy which competed at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

The film stars Tatjana Saphira as Indi, and Maudy Koesnaedi as Rina, Indi's mother, set against the backdrop of Kyoto, which requires Tatjana to learn Japanese dialogue. This mother-daughter story is very touching and can serve as material for reflection. Let’s take a look at the information behind the film {02} PINK LAUNDRY below...

1. Story Inspiration

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This film is inspired by the best-selling perfume Alchemist {02} Pink Laundry, with a soft, clean, and feminine aroma that represents the comfort
and warmth of home. The visuals of the film are designed to reflect the essence of its fragrance, gentle, personal, and touching, set against the serene backdrop of Kyoto, a small laundry, and streets lined with cherry blossoms.

Khozy Rizal attempts to create a film by translating the scent of a perfume into a story. He wants to make a film that, when people watch it, they will always remember the scent of Pink Laundry.

"Well, in a movie, we can't smell the scent, right? So I try to figure out how, when looking at the frames, the story immediately reminds one of Pink Laundry, and this captures it quite well," said Khozy Rizal in the Senayan City area, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (27/05).

2. Tatjana Saphira's Challenge in Speaking Japanese

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Tatjana Saphira admitted that she faced some challenges in speaking Japanese. Moreover, she practiced the dialogue alone without a scene partner directly.

"There are also some challenges with the Japanese dialogues; actually, we started reading them a month before filming, but the script still had a lot of adjustments, and the bottom line is that with limited time, it’s impossible for me to learn Japanese, so whether I like it or not, we really focused on the dialogue and the material in the script, but it’s still challenging because I didn’t have time to practice directly with my scene partner," said Tatjana Saphira.

3. Message from Maudy Koesnaedi After Watching {02} Pink Laundry

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In portraying a mother, Maudy conveyed to the audience that a mother must have certain reasons that are difficult to understand, which causes her to be distant from her child.

"Actually, by embodying the feelings of mother Indi, we see that a mother’s position cannot be judged; she must have certain reasons that we don’t understand. A mother certainly doesn’t find it easy to be apart from her child, but when mother Indi makes that decision, there must be something that forces her into that position," said Maudy Koesnaedi.

The film {02} PINK LAUNDRY serves as a self-reflection for Maudy that the forms of a mother’s attention to her child are varied.

"This becomes a reflection, perhaps the story here is far apart, 15 years without meeting, but in day-to-day life, there are moments where I really want to be by my child’s side, but I can’t due to work and certain conditions. After portraying this, I can’t think anymore that a child must be close to their mother because the forms of attention can vary; it can be anything," Maudy continued.

4. Synopsis and Screening

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This film tells the story of an architecture student named Indi who is living in Kyoto, Japan. The story begins when Indi, who is used to living independently away from home, suddenly receives a message from her mother, a figure who has left her since childhood without explanation. While doing laundry, she finds a pink sweater belonging to her mother, which revives old memories and wounds that she has kept buried all this time.

The film {02} PINK LAUNDRY will be screened limitedly and for free to the public in cinemas, including at XXI Senayan City Jakarta on May 31, 2025, CGV 23 Paskal Bandung on June 7, 2025, and XXI Plaza Indonesia Jakarta on June 14, 2025. Registration to watch can be done by filling out a registration form accessible on the Instagram account @alchemist.fragrance. This film will also be streamed online in three episodes on May 28, May 30, and June 2, 2025, on YouTube, Instagram, and
TikTok @alchemist.fragrance.

(kpl/jes)