On Your Lap

On Your Lap

Nothing can be as powerful as a mother's love.

2025 · 104 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in Pantura. Maya takes care of Sartika and helps with her deliveries. After Sartika gives birth, Maya manipulates her into working for her as the "Kopi Pangku" waitress, a job that requires her to serve coffee on a man's lap, until one day she meets a fish distributor truck driver named Hadi and falls in love. Will she find happiness?

Directed by Reza Rahadian · Written by Reza Rahadian

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