Bustoni, a performing arts worker who lives with his mother who are dying, has a question that distract his life. What will happen to a woman after death?

Once upon a time Nyi Patek often terrorized the people of Karangnongko village at the foot of Mount Merapi. She kidnapped children to become slaves. At that time also in Karangnongko stood a hermitage led by Ki Iklik, which made Nyi Patek able to be crippled and locked in a well. At the hermitage also lives Ayu who works as a jathilan dancer. Ayu has a special relationship with Ningrum. Then, comes Sapta, the writer, who attracts Ayu's heart. At the same time Nyi Patek that was paralyzed by Ki Iklik, is terrorizing again the village of Karangnongko. Apparently Nyi Patek has a past bond with Ayu.

Yanto takes his son Puput to school and stopped on the way at a small shop, where people put up lottery numbers. Yanto suspects that his motorbike’s license plate number will hit the jackpot. He tries to confirm asking the lottery number prediction to a madman who has lived under a tree for a long time. And it turns out that Yanto’s feelings were right, the madman also agreed that Yanto’s license plate number would come out that night. Without thinking, he bought the lottery number.

Siti (30), a middle-aged woman waiting for his husband did a penance to get a child in a room of their house. During the 40 days of the penance, Siti was not allowed to meet or even see her husband. Every day, Siti had to deliver food for her husband and had to turn away so she didn’t see her husband. On the 40th day, Siti was happy because her husband’s hermitage would finish at 12 o’clock at night. However, after 12 o’clock at night, her husband did not come out of the room.

Siman discover a foreign crew shooting a moon landing. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off. He goes through life in slow motion, imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy.

A less harmonious family, would become stronger when get insulted by others.

At a traditional market, Bowo and Susi are looking around. An old man, Agus, and his wife passing through the sudden smell of fart. Susi is getting angry because of that smell. Then Susi and some others in the market catch and punish Agus as they believed he is the one who farted in public. Agus and his wife have to admit and accept the accusation because they are very confused about the situation and don’t know what to do.

Deciding to follow her vocation as a nun and leave her responsibilities at home, made Airen (27) feel guilty, especially to her father, Pak Ahong (60). The regret increased when Mr. Ahong passed away and could not see for the last time. Funeral events and Sa Cap Meh prayers spark arguments between her and her sister Mayleen (25). Blaming each other, until a fact about Mr. Ahong was revealed that Airen had just found out. An apology was delivered in the Chinese tradition of burning Sa Cap Meh.

The three-year history of past violence that changed the fate of thousands of Indonesian women forever through the ianfu system seems to have never been fully resolved. Instead, the gap in knowledge of history to the current generation seems to be widening.