Couple Rara and Sutan who are ready to start a new life after their honeymoon. Rara inherited a large tea plantation in Central Java belonging to William Saunder, her father, a Dutch man who really loved Indonesia.
Zoé and Volta set off from their isolated home village to attend university in Pristina. In the midst of social and political unrest, the two women discover a country in turmoil, searching for its identity on the brink of independence.