Ateng has felt how difficult it is to live with his stepmother. He is often being shouted at and even gets slapped. His father never stands by him. The village people are impressed to see the appearance of Iskak, Ateng’s old friend, who has just returned from Jakarta. This causes Ateng to yearn...
Irawani and Hidayat get engaged to each other. Irawani relates the story of her parents, Irawan and Sunarti. When the couple goes through a hard time, Irawan moves to Batavia to look for work and leaves his wife and daughter behind. But when he succeeds in the city, he gets carried away though it...
The story of the dynamics of feudal family life which causes sparks problems among family members. Siswanto, Kartini's husband, lives under the same roof as his father-in-law, Raden Mas Reso, a rich man who owns a Dutch heritage plantation. There was a problem once because Paijah, the maid, was...
Ismail leaves his wife, Sutrisni, in Bekasi, in order to look for a job in Jakarta. Although his brother, Iskandar, persuades him to do illegal work with him, Ismail refuses. Since Iskandar does not deliver the money Ismail is sending to his wife, Sutrisni goes to the city to find her husband. But...
Sugesti feels jealous because Rochijat falls in love with her sister, Bardini, and he only considers her as a friend. To cope with her disappointment, Sugesti becomes a lead singer in a theater group led by Subroto. She stops singing when she marries the loan shark, Surachman, to pay for the debts...
Martono falls in love with Susilowati, who is called the "Kebaya Fantasi". But Susilowati's father, Dahlan, opposes the relationship. Martono is just a driver, while Dahlan, a car repair shop owner, prefers a rich man as son-in-law. Dahlan pairs off "Kebaya Fantasi" to Darwis, a rich kid. But Lily,...
Ira Maya lives with her grandfather, Ateng, in a village. Their relationship is so close that they are inseparable. One day, Ira falls from her bike and is hurt. When she doesn’t recover, they find out that Ira has cancer. Her leg has to be amputated, and Ateng suffers for Ira’s misfortune.
Tells the story of a young man who, because his parents stopped funding his college, applied for a job as a driver. It all happened because he refused to be matched. He was accepted to work because everyone in the house had a crush on him, from his mother, son to the maid. After it was discovered...
A student (Arfandi) is very depressed, for being known as a bastard child or “anak haram”, the original title of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s story, on which the film is based on. Only one of the teachers (Frans Harahap) is understanding and willing to help.
