As Tough as Stone Mountain

Danti is a strong-willed woman, but she has to marry Irawan to help her father who is in debt. Danti always feels like a whore since her marriage started from a “debt payment”. In the middle of her pregnancy, Danti runs away to live alone. She feels that she has paid her father’s debt with the result of her work. She tells Irawan that she has had a miscarriage, but in truth, she is raising her child alone. Two men try to approach her to propose marriage but she refuses them both. Later, she realises that she loves Irawan. When the child has an accident, Danti asks Irawan to donate his blood. Then Irawan finds out that he has a child.

Directed by Slamet Riyadi, As Tough as Stone Mountain leans on a strong ensemble — Lucy Sukardi, Piet Pagau, Rima Melati — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1988.