In 1996, political situation in Indonesia heated up. A turmoil involving Partai Rakyat Demokratik (PRD) – Democratic People Party – opposed authoritarian Soeharto’s regime. In aftermath of it, activists and supporters of the movement were hunted down to be silenced and wiped off from the history (possibly be killed in the process). Wiji Thukul, a vocal anti-govt poet and an activist, was accused as the responsible one for mobilizing the masses prior to the turmoil. As a fugitive (of a war between people and govt), Wiji fled to Pontianak, Borneo – almost a thousand kilometers away from his family and hometown in Solo, Java – by himself. A weary poet is on the run by himself; in exile, he coalesces with solitude in Yosep Anggi Noen’s Solo, Solitude (a.k.a. Istirahatlah Kata-Kata).

Set during the volatile final months of Indonesia’s New Order regime, the narrative chronicles a young student activist's perilous commitment to pro-democracy underground movements and his family's subsequent, grueling quest for justice following his forced disappearance.

情報センターのオペレーターとして働くあゆみは、勤務歴10年の34歳。必要な情報をインターネットで検索できるようになったいま、問い合わせは激減し、電話は鳴らず、彼女は虚しさと孤独感に悩まされていた。あゆみが応対するのは1日に1件か2件の電話のみで、それは決まって電話を情報源として利用する老人からの問い合わせだった。ある日、数人の同僚と共に部長に呼び出されたあゆみは、突然解雇を告げられる。導かれるように実家へ帰省するあゆみ。そこには長年連絡をとっていなかった父が待っていた。

Siman discover a foreign crew shooting a moon landing. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off. He goes through life in slow motion, imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy.