Ceti is a woman from Bogor who is experiencing financial difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her clothing kiosk in Bogor Market was forced to close. Her husband, who works as an online loan debt collector, cannot collect debts from people who had lost their jobs, and her son asks for a smartphone to go to online school. Inadvertently, she finds a solution to her problems when she collects a debt from the family of someone who recently died.

Got a big debt? No need to worry. There are many online gambling sites that promise to give you a huge profit for a short amount of time. Sania, a single mother who’s got online gambling as a hobby, wants to pay her rent before she and her daughter got kicked out by their old, flirty landlord. However, her daughter does not know that Sania had came back to the world of online gambling.

Murni wants to be ronggeng but she doesn't want tradition to serve men keep going. With the help of Pandu, her educated little friend, they try lying to the public that Murni has opened "kelambu" with him. But the lie doesn't work smooth when she rejects other men who want to sleep with her and made all the citizens turn around insulted her. This made Pandu expelled, they thought educated people are against the culture and both of them finally separated.

Abdul has been tired lately. It turns out that Abdul's wife, Lela, is currently having pregnant cravings called "Ngidam". She craves Betawi cuisine that is becoming rare. Her requests for "selendang mayang" (a traditional Betawi dish) and "nasi ulam" can still be fulfilled. But then, Lela asks for a difficult dish, "sayur babanci" (a specific vegetable dish). For several days, Abdul hasn't been able to find this dish, even though he has been traveling around Jakarta. Their third child is expected to be a boy, the child they've been waiting for after two previous daughters. His mother-in-law often reminds him of the myth that if cravings are not fulfilled, the child might be born with a birthmark. His colleagues then assist him. It turns out that Lela's cravings are not as straightforward as those of a typical pregnant woman.

Amin, a construction laborer of a mosque, has to go to his sick wife in his hometown, but the salary of a construction worker is not enough for him to go back home, let alone pay for his wife's medical bills.

Anwar, a quiet 17-year-old who works at a small photo studio, has a habit of secretly taking pictures of people just before their portraits are taken — moments when they show who they really are. One day, a man named Aryadi walks in with his family, and Anwar realizes: this man is his father. At home, Anwar lives with his mother, Ayu, and their relationship becomes tense as old wounds resurface. Struggling with his feelings and memories, Anwar starts to question what family really means and whether he’s been hiding from the truth through his camera. POTRET is a heartfelt story about growing up, facing the past, and seeing people — and yourself — more clearly than ever before.