All his life Wulan, he only wanted to be a dancer. When his father, Lukman and his brother, Satria were still alive, they were the ones who always supported Wulan's ideals. But now they are dead, and Wulan lives only with her mother, Linda. Linda wants Wulan to succeed in her life, but she is worried about Wulan who likes to dance. For him dance is something serious. One day they are without an object, making Wulan go to the hills with Joko, her boyfriend who has been secretly hidden for so long. On their way home, they had a miraculous accident, leaving Wulan stranded in another world.

In 1920s Dutch East Indies, Giandra, a young doctor from STOVIA, reads about Layla—a girl shackled in a remote village as a "cure" for mental illness. Disturbed, he travels to Karuhun, where tradition and mysticism prevail over science. Guided by journalist Rikke, who warns him with three words—Culture. Mysticism. Superstition.—Giandra must confront a clash between modern medicine and ancestral belief.