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After years in an Indonesian prison, Popi returns to his coastal village only to find his wife has moved on and started a new family. Adrift in his own life, he takes to the waters of the Celebes Sea, seeking solace and purpose. His solitary journey takes a surreal turn when he rescues a stranded Indonesian coast guard, stumbles upon a hidden trove of gold, and comes face-to-face with a wounded mermaid.

Sam, a 19-year-old gas station worker, gets caught up in killings by the private army of a political clan. In the aftermath, she hunts for her boyfriend, now missing and possibly a participant in the slaughter, and finds that one institution after another is bound up in the same apparatus of violence.

A prepubescent boy slowly learns of his special role in the impending apocalypse during a religious camp. As he participates in the camp activities, he gets confused between constantly emerging fantasies and his divine calling.