Maya Dewi

Princess Cinderella gives birth to a baby girl. The king, the baby’s father, gives her the name, Ira Maya. The neighboring King, who plans to betroth the baby with his son, attends the big party for the baby’s birth. The celebration is ruined with the appearance of the Wicked Witch who curses that Ira Maya will die if a needle pricks her. This is actually the plot of the Stepmother who wants to ruin Princess Cinderella’s happiness. To avoid this evil plan, Ira Maya is raised in the forest by the four good fairies. They keep moving and Ira Maya even changes her name to Mawar because the Wicked Witch is hunting her. When Mawar is an adult, she plays by the waterfall and meets a hunter. The good fairies explain to him who Mawar actually is. When she is approaching 17, Ira Maya and the four good fairies return to the palace. But the Step Mother and the Wicked Witch still want to see her suffer and even hunt the Hunter, who is actually the son of the neighboring King.

A student (Arfandi) is very depressed, for being known as a bastard child or “anak haram”, the original title of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s story, on which the film is based on. Only one of the teachers (Frans Harahap) is understanding and willing to help.

The story is about four teenagers who renovate the house of Mba Darti, the daughter of Nyai Melati, a famous traditional singer (sinden). They experience strange events related to the death of Nyai Melati, who was murdered due to rivalry with another sinden, Fahma. The cremated ashes of Fahma are used by Kliman, a former foreman, to drive the teenagers away with the help of Ki Renggo, a paranormal expert. The spirit of Fahma possesses Darti and attacks them, but the terror is eventually stopped when Ki Renggo burns Fahma’s ashes, ending the haunting.