Tony, an American journalist, is assigned to assist the investigation team of Berita Satu. In Jakarta, Tony immediately attracted to cover street children and Acil is his choice. Interviews are initially go smoothly, but it turns into a mess when Acil steals Tony’s camera. Tony pursue Acil mightily to get into the area of the fishing village. There he meets with Anggun, who is a teacher for street children. Then Marni, a mother who has to be prostitute, and Jampang, the head thug in the fishing village. Through them, Tony goes into marginal lives of the people of Jakarta with all their problems.

Sule's father, a farmer whose not that reach, have fallen into poverty because of the failure to become "Lurah", and become crazy. So Sule has to go to Jakarta asking help to uncle Salim, the brother of his mother who supposedly rich. Instead of getting help, he was being chased and arrested by police because of suspected accomplice of a police fugitive . Since his mother gave him one way ticket to Jakarta, Sule cannot return to the village and must attempt to survive. He also stuck to Parto, a police officers who arrested him. Romlah, Parto's wife is looking for maid, directly recruiting Sule. His job is to take Ririn Parto's first daughter, a junior high school go to her school, or anywhere rides a motorcycles. One day, Sule met a pickpocket group preyed on the bag a beautiful girl named Ayla. Sule couldn't stand still see the action and fight with the pickpocket to save Ayla's bag.