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Darta, a man from an impoverished family, is rejected by the wealthy parents of the woman he loves. Desperate, he strikes a bargain with the Monkey King, performing a dark ritual to gain wealth. However, in doing so, he accidentally curses his wife and child to a life of suffering. Rooted in Indonesian mysticism, this universal narrative explores the insatiable hunger to become something one is not and the boundaries one is willing to cross to achieve it.

In 1927 colonial Indonesia, a young woman trapped as a Dutch man's concubine fights for dignity in a world that sees her as nothing more than property.

Pertiwi, a strong and independent woman who took care of her three children: Adam, Sekar, and Isham until they became adults and left their hometown. Her husband died after losing the village head election against his rival, Janji Upaya. The children of Pertiwi, who blamed Janji Upaya for their father's death, harbored deep feelings of resentment towards Janji Upaya.

Puspa, a novice lawyer handling trivial cases, fights for the cause of poor people accused of petty crimes and threatened with disproportionate punishment. As she takes on a rigged legal establishment, she must grapple with her crippling senses of powerlessness, and empathy.

Adam, the Village Head who entered regional election politics brought his politics home, affecting his relationship with his wife and younger siblings. Mixed with the love affairs of the widowed Mother Earth with Mr. Janji, a widower, a former village head, the euphoria of the village residents ahead of the regional elections and political brokers and dynastic political issues that spread to the village via social media became increasingly chaotic.

A civil servant taking shelter from the rain in front of a laundry shop. Then, he was given a bag of laundry clothes which he thought belonged to the laundry shop clerk. Unexpectedly, he took the bag containing lots of clothes and ran away and sparked a commotion in the surrounding community.