59 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestJenny solves Tara's riddle. Tara is again dragged into Ello's love which eventually makes her experience a fatal catharsis.
Tara is the only witness of the massacre of her adoptive parents. The trauma was so deep that it made Tara need the help of a psychologist. Increasingly, it seems there is something hidden from within Tara
Acting
Pevita Pearce's fractured, withholding performance
Direction
Randolph Zaini's clinical dread aesthetic
Creator
Randolph Zaini
Pevita Pearce
Tara Johandi
Revaldo
Marcello Ponti
Bront Palarae
Dr. Alfons Satya Adiputera
Sigi Wimala
Ratna Maria Kusnandar
Slamet Rahardjo
Herumanto Sulaiman
Prisia Nasution
Jenny Gideon
Teuku Rifnu Wikana
Arif Johandi
Shareefa Daanish
Sasi Johandi
Ratu Felisha
Paula
Runny Rudiyanti
Nindi
Gilbert Pattiruhu
Commander
Tio Pakusadewo
Novan Susetyo
Mike Lucock
Filipus Marisamatua
Kiki Narendra
Reno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Katarsis joins a wave of Indonesian psychological horror mining colonial and familial trauma, following the success of films like Pengabdi Setan.
The title's medical spelling ('Katarsis' not 'Catharsis') hints at the show's clinical framing of trauma as something to be pathologized rather than healed.
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