Harry Simon

The film tells the story of a couple, Rais (Agus Kuncoro) and Rani (Kristina) who have been in a relationship since their teens when they both live in a suburb. At the edge of the river they built a stage, as a form of their dreams for the future. At that time Rani had started to become a dangdut singer even though it was only for the village class. Their dreams both seem to really be like a stage in life, which can change fate from gray to luminous, Rani transforms into a famous singer, after going through various career-making struggles. Meanwhile, Rais, it turns out that it is very difficult to get happiness in his life.

Sari, a 17-year-old Balinese girl, is the daughter of a famous painter. In charge of her father's gallery, she is also expected to continue preserving the traditional values. But secretly, Sari wants to become a disc jockey (DJ), knowing that her father would oppose it. Sari's father is preoccupied with his own problem, fearing that his new work would not match his previous ones. Then Sari meets Daniel, a musician from Jakarta. Her father opposes their relationship especially after finding out that Sari has been secretly learning to DJ.

Arini is "misled" by a close friend, Ira, who wants to marry her husband, Helmi. Eventually she finds out this plan, so she asks for a divorce and leaves her son, who later is discovered to have kidney failure. She leaves for the U.S. where she meets Nick, a student who wants to escape from his conservative, and troubled family. Nick really loves Arini, but the latter is still involved in many matters related to her ex-husband. The director, Sophan Sophiaan, who has a political activist family background, always uses his films to criticise social and political issues. Only this time, he does it in a more subtle way.

Aline becomes pregnant by Andre in Paris, where she learns fashion. Their relationship is broken when Andre asks Aline to have an abortion. Aline returns to Indonesia with Prasetyo, a dance choreographer and together, they raise Aline’s child. Years later, Andre returns to Indonesia and causes Aline to be confused between returning to Paris or to remain in Indonesia.

Iwan, a high school student, loses his bajaj-driver father because the jeep of Dance Lintang, a famous singer, runs him down. Iwan’s pregnant mother has to work hard. Iwan has been singing on the streets for money, and now he gets help from his younger siblings who sell newspapers. But his mother passes away when she gives birth to her last child so Iwan vows to raise his siblings. But when he cannot afford it, he puts his siblings in the orphanage. Then when his girlfriend Tia yells at him for doing that, he instinctively runs off with his siblings. He is imprisoned as a result but a journalist, Miftah, who knows his talent, bails him out. Iwan decides to quit school and Miftah manages to record him. Dance is furious when he hears that Iwan is making a record. He approaches the producer and destroys the recording tape. Then Dance gets arrested for narcotics while Iwan’s record is a major hit, so he brings his siblings home from the orphanage.

Hendro, Diana’s father, does not approve of her romance with Bije, and wants to marry Tony. Then Diana runs away with Bije to a small village where Diana’s aunt lives. This infuriates Hendro and he orders his men to capture Bije. Eventually, Bije and Diana return. When Diana is at home, she feels pain in her abdomen, and she is diagnosed of having a malignant cancer in her ulcer and won’t live long. Hendro even apologises to Bije’s father, but the latter refuses him. Bije even begs to his father to apologise to Hendro, but instead, Bije is thrown out of the house. Eventually Bije and Diana get married, but before the honeymoon ends, Diana passes away on Bije’s lap.