Haryo (35 years old) plays the role of both father and mother for his only son, Riyan (10 years). Haryo works as a mobile rice mill worker. Haryo has a loyal customer named Etik (36 years old), a rich widow and a prominent grain collector in his village who likes Haryo.

Besides that, Haryo is a wayang orang artist, (classical Javanese dance theatre). In his role as a performer, Haryo boasts to his son that he always gets to play Arjuna. Haryo always indoctrinates his son to imitate the character of Arjuna, because he wants his son to become a real man in the future. But in reality, Haryo never invites Riyan to watch the performance. Because Haryo doesn’t want Riyan to know a secret.