Shanty
Acting
Biography
Shanty Paredes is an Indonesian musician, dancer, and actress. She used to be a VJ on MTV 100% Indonesia.
Born: December 30, 1978
Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia
Known For
Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series
Leaving behind their homes in Indonesia, four women with different personalities venture across the ocean to start new lives in Queens, New York.
Madame X
Threatened by Kanjeng Badai and his militant and homophobic political party, a country's safety depends on Adam, a hairdresser.
Dead Time
A police and a journalist uncover series of murders that lead into one problem: A treasure many parties were fighting for and caused many casualties.
Taxi Stories
A mosaic film of three stories in three different Asian cities where the paths of the rich and poor cross one another in and around taxis. A closeted Beijing cab driver tries to seduce a rich passenger, a Hong Kong pregnant trophy wife starts to develop feelings for her new Indonesian maid and a Jakarta slum orphan becomes infatuated with a Western female backpacker. All three characters desperately want to connect on a basic human level but are their own worst obstacle.
Takut: Faces of Fear
Compilation of short horror films from seven directors who produced six film segments in one anthology.
Perewangan
A cursed mirror opens up a supernatural bridge to a demonic force that disturbs and terrorises young Maya and her family.
Love for Share
Three women from three different social, economic, and ethnic groups discuss their lives in polygamous household.
The Photograph
Sita is an escort at a karaoke bar who struggles to raise money to send her daughter out of the city to live with her grandmother and settle her debts with her pimp. She moves in with aging photographer Jan and helps him fulfill his last wishes.
Last Second
Regi suffers from depression since childhood, being raised by wealthy parents who have little time for her, but plenty to fight with and cheat on each other. While in college she meets and becomes close to Rajib, a drug dealer. Developing an intense hatred for men, inspired by her violent and insensitive father, she identifies as a lesbian. Her introduction to the drug-scene engulfs her and she develops a cocaine habit which rapidly accelerates into a preference for White China heroin. She meets and falls in love with Rajibs ex drug-dealing partner, Vela, who has already become a hardcore junkie. Her and Vela's downward spiral into chronic addiction is portrayed powerfully throughout the film as is their intense attachment to each other. The plot (based on a true story) is exceptional in its depiction of the drug problems in Indonesia, the often terrible 'solutions' to these problems, and the reasons behind why they occur.
Chants of Lotus
Four women, four cities, four unflinching stories—this powerful omnibus film weaves together the struggles of women across Indonesia, from a midwife battling corruption to a teenager caught in betrayal, a mother fighting for her child, and a widow facing the harsh truth of survival.
Filmography
as Tuti Emut
as Sumarni
as Gendis
as Kinky Amalia
as Ipah
as Wiwid
as Minah (voice)
as Sarah
as Esi (Segment: Cerita Cibinong)
as Sita
as Butet
as Sari
as Siti
as Helena