Cities have been portrayed in many Indonesian films as problematic spaces wherein urban dwellers must contest or negotiate with various issues. Cek Toko Sebelah (2016), an Indonesian comedy film, was chosen as the case study for this chapter to illustrate how the dynamic transformation of a city for the sake of progress and modernity ignites agency from the characters involved in the process. In this case, they include the owner, employees, and surrounding inhabitants of a toko kelontong (a small business selling daily necessities). These “other” urban spaces are threatened by urban regeneration, which the film problematized by trying to reconstruct the undesirable spaces as vehicles of tangible memory and as communal spaces. The research findings reveal that the film not only reflects the agency of the individuals to avoid the eradication of their communal space but also explores the notions of family and social relationships in withstanding urban regeneration.