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Qodrat

2022 Indonesian film by Charles Gozali

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ114892072
Source-derived summary

Qodrat is a 2022 Indonesian supernatural religious action horror film directed by Charles Gozali. The film stars Vino G. Bastian, and Marsha Timothy. It was released in Indonesia on 27 October 2022 by Rapi Films, and then for worldwide audience on Amazon Prime Video on 15 March 2023. A direct sequel, Qodrat 2, was released on 31 March 2025.

Plot

Ustad Qodrat, a veteran exorcist, fails to exorcise his son, Alif Al-Fatanah, who is possessed and killed by a demon named As'-Su' A'la. Sentenced to three years of imprisonment for gross negligence, Qodrats grows greatly depressed. In prison, Qodrat is killed by As'-Su' A'la after he is invited by his prolonged grieving. However, he is brought back to life after a transit to Barzakh (purgatory) where he realizes his mistakes. Looking for answers to his worries, Qodrat returns to the boarding school in the village he studied, which has become rampant with unexplained disturbances. Jihan, a girl, is possessed by an unknown demon who forces her to commit suicide.

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“Qodrat” enters the record as 2022 Indonesian film by Charles Gozali. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Qodrat, Indonesian and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 2023, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2022-10-27. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Qodrat, Indonesian and film.
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“Qodrat” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Qodrat, Indonesian and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

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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 Q114892072. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2022, 2023 and 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from Qodrat” 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.