While the West sees a confusing timeline, Indonesian viewers (with a majority Muslim background and deep Hindu-Buddhist history) intuitively understand the concept of Hukum Karma (Law of Karma). The film’s tagline— "Everything is connected" —mirrors the Javanese philosophy of Sangkan Paraning Dumadi (The origin and destiny of life).
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