Retno Yunitawati

Returning from Mecca, Darwis changes his name to Ahmad Dahlan as he is disturbed by the trend of Islamic laws in his society; that borders on heresy, Syrik (polytheism), and Bid’ah (wrong innovation). Using a compass, he proves that the direction of Qibla (that points to Mecca), in the Great Mosque of Kauman is wrong. The discovery angers every Kyai (Islamic experts), especially the head of the Great Mosque of Kauman, Kyai Penghulu Cholil Kamaludiningrat. Dahlan, who studied in Mecca for five years, is seen as a rebel upstart. Since the proposal of changing the direction of Qibla is rejected, Dahlan starts a movement calling for the change. On his first sermon as a preacher, Dahlan criticizes the habits of residents in his village in Yogyakarta: "In a prayer, only a sincere and patient heart is needed, it requires no Kyais, money, let alone offerings". As a result, Dahlan gets a hostile reception.

Agus does not have a photo of his father to display at his father’s funeral mass.

Three women in three regions in Indonesia in redefining their destiny. They have problems about their helplessness towards their nature as women generally, facing equality, rights, and traditions, yet transforming them into empowerment for the lives around them.

A story from Yogyakarta. Mrs. Ninik received a call from her daughter. She can't come home on Christmas holiday because of her work in Jakarta and didn't get a day-off. One day, Mrs. Ninik have a hope after seeing one thing in her house.

When their mortgage application is rejected by the bank due to insufficient income, a married couple, Rendi and Suci, who work as cleaning service workers, must find a way to raise a 100 million down payment as instructed by the bank officer so that the following installments will be lighter. Pressured by the situation, they rack their brains and try various ways to gather that amount of money.

Nabil (Kirana Larasati), has just escaped from the threat. Takur (Mike Lucock), Indian descent moneylender, hires thugs to collect debts from Nabil's father, a drunkard, gambler, and does not have responsibility. Because the father is never at home, the moneylender charges to Nabil's mother. Seeing this, Nabil takes the responsibility and says that she would pay all her father’s debts. Nabil promises to return the Rp 100 million debt within five days. Then, Nabil gets a phone call informing that her father is hospitalized. When she arrives at the hospital, the father is unconscious, because he has been through heart surgery. The father won gambling. He was so happy, so he got heart attack, The father brought home certificate as a guarantee for the medical expenses.

Upon the death of his wife, Yohan keeps a coffin in his bedroom and insists on being left alone, leaving his children baffled by their father’s behavior.