Iskandar, a veteran of the revolution, has broken the curfew in Ban-dung. He is running in the dead of the night before his foot is shot by the curfew guards. But Iskandar keeps running until he reaches the front yard of his sweetheart, Norma. The camera follows Iskandar as he drags his blood-soaked foot up the stairs of Normas house.

His expression shows not only pain, but happiness. Iskandar has just shot dead Gunawan, his ex commander, who once