A woman loses her scholarship because she was drugged at a party, and someone posted unflattering photos of her that ruined her future. She can’t let this go, so she tries to find out who was responsible and why they did it.
I didn’t read the synopsis when I watched this movie, so I thought it was just your average Indonesian horror movie. However, this is not a horror movie; it’s a drama/mystery where we follow the protagonist, who lives with a strict father. When she goes out to celebrate with a theater group, someone drugs her drink, and she passes out. Later, it turns out that something happened that night, and the person responsible posted photos of her that the university she attends doesn’t like. As a result, she loses her scholarship, ruining her plans for the future. With nothing left to lose, she tries to figure out who drugged her and posted the photos. The more she digs, the more she uncovers, revealing that the person who did this to her is deeply disturbed.
I’m not sure about the role of parents in Indonesia. Still, the protagonist’s father is a despicable man who only thinks about his religion and how much his daughter has caused problems for him and his wife because of the photos. It’s infuriating, and he shouldn’t have been a father at all. Such fathers must burn in hell, even though I’m not a religious person. I hate religion as much as I hate politicians. It’s the root of all evil.
The protagonist puts on her thinking cap and becomes like Sherlock Holmes, hacking others’ phones to find clues about what happened to her and who was responsible. She has one close friend, and after her father throws her out, she has to live with this friend and use his shop to find clues about that night.
The acting is solid. The movie takes a turn after around 90 minutes, and it has an idiotic scene that doesn’t fit in at all. I can’t say more than that, but that scene is so ridiculously stupid that I couldn’t believe my eyes. It’s like watching the South Korean movie, “Parasite”, but it went wrong. They could have thought of something else.
But the final scene is effective, even though the ending is open, which I guess many people won’t like.
It takes a while before Photocopier gets moving. But when it answers the question we all want to know, the movie doesn’t feel that original because it reflects on the usual class system in our society where certain people can do as they want without any repercussions. However, I like the final scene since it means that the protagonist was never alone.