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Leftovers (film)

2016 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ27907587 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leftovers, also known as Turah, is a 2016 Indonesian drama film directed by Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo. It was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot

Ten families go about their everyday lives in their remote Central Java village.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Leftovers (film)” as 2016 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leftovers and film.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Leftovers and film providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Leftovers (film)”, the useful work is to connect “2016 film” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27907587. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Leftovers (film)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Leftovers (film) primary sources, Leftovers (film) archive and Leftovers research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from “Leftovers (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.