Maria Oentoe

고용주의 음모로 아버지가 죽고, 어머니마저 떠나버려 한순간에 고아가 된 ‘산차카’. 거리의 거친 환경 속에서 오직 생존만을 위해 살아가던 ‘산차카’는 우연히 번개를 다룰 수 있는 초능력을 얻게 된다. 강력한 힘을 가진 후 선택의 기로에 서게 된 ‘산차카’! 과연 그는 최악의 상황으로 치닫는 도시 속, 억압받는 이들을 위한 영웅으로 거듭날 수 있을까..?

Yan (55) is an honest government official. His wife, Rachel (55) is a philosophy professor at a leading university. They have three children who are very different in character. The oldest, Firman, the weakest, just get divorced and in idle condition. The second, Satria, a young contractor, has big ambitions to grow his business. Satria certainly be the golden boy of the family. And the last is Dian, the youngest, beloved of all family members, has been engaged to Hassan, a member of Parliament who is young, hungry and has a lot of connections to government officials. Stress due to rumors around him, Yan decides to resign. Soen does not understand what is going with his son. She also gets stress and then is hospitalized. Soen finally died. Family’s life is changed quickly and become more gloomy and not as warm as before. Money change all: the family’s values begin to collapse and reveal the falsity around them.

Tji and Ing are grandparents who lived happily in the old days. One day, Ing said that she was afraid if someday, one of them can not wake up anymore.

Ca Bau Kan relates the saga of Giok Lan, an Indonesian woman living in the Netherlands, who returns to Indonesia in search of her roots. Her mother, Tinung, a village woman, was known as ‘Ca Bau Kan’ – a word used to describe a courtesan who entertained Chinese men in colonial Indonesia. Giok Lan’s father, Tan Peng Liang (Ferry Salim), was an immigrant Chinese merchant who had a very successful tobacco business in Batavia. She becomes deeply involved with him, and causes a scandal when he has Tinung move in with his family. The film is set between 1930 and 1950, and unfolds the story of Giok Lan and her parents: Tinung and Tan Peng Liang where Tan is eventually ruined when his rivals begin to attack him. This is owing to the significant contrast in socio-economic and cultural background, as the love of these last two characters face a series of difficulties.

Sasongko impregnates Corry, a university student who works in his office, and refuses to take responsibility. Corry is expelled from the house Sasongko had given her by his wife Mrs. Sasongko. Then, 18 years later, Sonny, Corry’s son, who has been taught to hate his father although he was never told his name, starts looking for him. In the meantime, Prasetyo, a respected businessman, who has a harmonious family, is in the midst of constructing a large building for his wife. Before the construction can be completed, cement prices skyrocket due to a shortage of supplies, and Prasetyo needs more money than expected to keep the work going. He seeks the assistance of Nur to find funds. Nur succeeds in getting a loan from Sasongko, who now heads a powerful conglomerate.