'' Letters from Prague '' ( ) is a 2016 Indonesian drama film directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko . It was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated . '' Letters from Prague '' tells a story of a thirty-something divorcee woman , Larasati ( Julie Estelle ) , who is urged to fulfill her mother 's last will , Sulastri ( Widyawati ) , to deliver a box that contains letters from her past to Jaya ( Tio Pakusadewo ) , an old man living in Prague . Later , it is revealed that Jaya was Sulastri 's fiance who failed to fulfill his promise to return home decades ago . Jaya was studying in Prague when the transition to the New Order happened in 1966 . As Soekarno 's supporter , he was banned by Soeharto 's new regime from returning to Indonesia and forced to live in exile in Prague . Throughout the film , Jaya tells Larasati the lonely life of exiles in Prague , and Larasati begins to understand her mother better
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Letters from Prague