KKN di Desa Penari Movie Details:
| Based on | KKN di Desa Penari by SimpleMan |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Language | Indonesian Javanese |
| Genre | Horror Mystery Thriller |
| Release date | April 30, 2022 |
| Running time | 121 minutes (PG 13+ cut version) 130 minutes (17+ uncensored version) 175 minutes (extended cut version) |
| Starring | Tissa Biani Adinda Thomas Achmad Megantara Aghniny Haque Calvin Jeremy Fajar Nugraha |
| Directed by | Awi Suryadi |
| Written by | Lele Maila Gerald Mamahit |
| Produced by | Manoj Punjabi |
| Cinematography by | Ipung Rachmat Syaiful |
| Edited by | Firdauzi Trizkiyanto Denny Rihardie |
| Music by | Ricky Lionardi |
| Production Company | Pichouse Films MD Pictures |
KKN di Desa Penari Movie Cast & Characters:
- Tissa Biani as Nur
- Adinda Thomas as Widya
- Achmad Megantara as Bima
- Aghniny Haque as Ayu
- Calvin Jeremy as Anton
- Fajar Nugraha as Wahyu
- Kiki Narendra as Prabu
- Aulia Sarah as Badarawuhi
- Aty Cancer as Bu Sundari
- Diding Boneng as Mbah Buyut
- Dewi Sri as Mbah Dok
- Andri Mashadi as Ilham
- Lydia Kandou as Widya’s mother (extended version only)
Storyline:
Nur (Tissa Biani), Widya (Adinda Thomas), Ayu (Aghniny Haque), Bima (Achmad Megantara), Anton (Calvin Jeremy), and Wahyu (Fajar Nugraha) will carry out KKN (Student study service) in a remote village.
They never think that the village they chose turns out to be extraordinary. Mr. Prabu (Kiki Narendra) the village head, warns them not to cross the prohibited gate. The mysterious place might have something to do with the beautiful dancer who starts to disturb Nur and also Widya. One by one began to feel the strangeness of the village. Bima begins to change his attitude. Their KKN is a mess. It seems that the invisible inhabitants of the village do not like them. Nur finally discovers that one of them violates a fatal rule in the village. The terror of the mysterious dancer is even more sinister. They ask for help from Mbah Buyut (Diding Boneng), a local shaman. Too late. They are threatened not to be able to return safely from the village known as the Dancer’s Village.
KKN di Desa Penari Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | Rp 15 Billion $1.04 Million |
| Worldwide Collection | $26 Million |
About KKN di Desa Penari Movie:
KKN di Desa Penari is based on a viral Twitter thread of the same name (later rewritten as a novel) by SimpleMan.
On June 24, 2019, an anonymous Twitter account called SimpleM81378523 uploaded a horror story which then went viral and topped the hottest topic on Indonesian Twitter.
The success of this film led to the story being adapted into a novel by the publisher Bukune. Apart from that, MD Pictures also managed to obtain the copyright to adapt the story into a film.
KKN di Desa Penari was released on April 30, 2022, Previously this film was planned to be released on March 19, 2020, and then on February 24, 2022, but both of the dates have been pulled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This film broke the record as the highest-grossing Indonesian film of all time, with the number of tickets selling at least 9.233.847 viewers as of September 8, 2022.
It replaced the position of Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss! Part 1 by Anggy Umbara which held the record for the highest-grossing Indonesian film of all time for almost six years.
