Jermal

After his mothers death, 12-year-old Jaya (Iqbal S. Manurung) was sent to his father, Johar (Didi Petet), who worked as a supervisor on a jermal (a fishing platform perched on log stilts in the middle of the sea). Johar was shocked, never knowing he had a son, and rejected the boy as his kin. Because he could not bring Jaya back due to his dark past, Johar was forced to accept the boy as a worker on the site

12 years ago, Johar caught his wife having an affair with another man. He attacked him and left him dead. Johar definitely would be detained by police when returning to the mainland.

Faced with constant rejection from his father and relentless bullying by the other boys who worked on the jermal, Jaya decided to take the fate into his own hands. He gave up hope on being accepted and learned the skills needed to survive on the jermal.

Jaya increasingly becomes like the other boys: a tough, rough survivor; while Johar was forced to gradually accept his past. Eventually, both Johar and Jaya learned that they were bound by their past, united by the space, and connected by the inescapable truth.