So Acho

Behind 98

During a turning point in Indonesian history, a family must endure personal turmoil while their nation faces drastic political upheaval.

Xia Aimei

Piles of debt forces Xia Aimei (Franda), a girl from Yangshuo Guangxi, China, to be involved with human trafficking network. She is brought to Jakarta as an escort in a luxurious night club. One day Xia met AJ Park (Samuel Rizal), a cameraman who has been working in a documentary film production Discovery Underworld International. AJ meeting with Xia brought him to immigration officer conducting a human trafficking investigation and ultimately led AJ to a quest of saving Xia from the crime ring.

The Enlightener

Returning from Mecca, Darwis changes his name to Ahmad Dahlan as he is disturbed by the trend of Islamic laws in his society; that borders on heresy, Syrik (polytheism), and Bid’ah (wrong innovation). Using a compass, he proves that the direction of Qibla (that points to Mecca), in the Great Mosque of Kauman is wrong. The discovery angers every Kyai (Islamic experts), especially the head of the Great Mosque of Kauman, Kyai Penghulu Cholil Kamaludiningrat. Dahlan, who studied in Mecca for five years, is seen as a rebel upstart. Since the proposal of changing the direction of Qibla is rejected, Dahlan starts a movement calling for the change. On his first sermon as a preacher, Dahlan criticizes the habits of residents in his village in Yogyakarta: "In a prayer, only a sincere and patient heart is needed, it requires no Kyais, money, let alone offerings". As a result, Dahlan gets a hostile reception.