Ave Maryam

Ave Maryam
Ave Maryam
	Worldwide release poster
Directed by	Ertanto Robby Soediskam
Screenplay by	Ertanto Robby Soediskam
Produced by	Ertanto Robby Soediskam; Tia Hasibuan;
Starring	Maudy Koesnaedi; Chicco Jerikho; Tutie Kirana; Olga Lydia; Joko Anwar; Nathania Angela;
Cinematography	Ican Tanjung
Edited by	Wawan I. Wibowo
Music by	Rooftopsound; The Spouse
Production; companies	Summerland; Randolph Bubu Production; Prodigihouse Postproduction; Grafent Production;
Distributed by	Summerland
Release dates	2018 (Hanoi); 11 April 2019 (Indonesia);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Indonesia
Language	Indonesian
Box office	est. Rp. 3.2 billion

Ave Maryam (local parlance: [a'fɛ ma'rɪam]), initially titled Salt Is Leaving the Sea, is a 2018 Indonesian romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Ertanto Robby Soediskam [id]. Starring Maudy Koesnaedi [id], Chicco Jerikho [id], Tutie Kirana [id], Olga Lydia [id], Joko Anwar, and Nathania Angela, it concerns a forbidden romantic relationship between a Roman Catholic religious sister and her pastor. Made under the sentiment of the lack of non-Muslim films in Indonesia, the film was shot for nine days in 2016, and features a soundtrack by Aimee Saras.

After its premiere at the 2018 Hanoi International Film Festival, Ave Maryam premiered nationally at the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival on 30 November and was theatrically released on 11 April 2019. It was released on Netflix in September 2020; a version from which 12 minutes of footage were removed was shown theatrically and on Netflix while the uncut version was screened at film festivals. The film received positive reviews; it was praised for its Catholic theme and symbolic elements, but was criticized for being unrealistic. It won three awards and was a candidate for Indonesia's 92nd Academy Awards submission.