The Shadow Strays

“Violence is her only option.”

In Jakarta, a 17-year-old assassin codenamed Agent 13 (Aurora Ribero) is benched after a failed job in Japan. Suspended and restless, she encounters Monji, an 11-year-old boy alone after his mother's death, and the two form an unlikely bond that threatens to undo her as a weapon. Tjahjanto cuts the action into shards of light and motion, the frame fracturing around them as violence and tenderness collide.