The Backseat

The Backseat

2013 · 14 min · Thriller, Mystery

Jakarta, Saturday night. Four guys go to some place to celebrate Edo's birthday. Edo's friends have already something in mind to surprise him, but Edo himself is actually up something else to surprise them. This year, instead of being the one who gets pranked, Edo wants to mess with his friends. He fakes his own death before saying that if he's dead that night, he wants to be buried at the hill. Too bad that his friends takes his words too seriously. While Edo tries to get his conscious back, his friends think how to bury him for real.

Directed by Candra Aditya · Written by Candra Aditya

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