ISTIRAHATLAH Kata-Kata (Solo, Solitude) focuses on Wiji Thukul, a 1998 literary figure and activist whose whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Because the poet-activist had a rich personal history, Yosep Anggi Noen and friends took up a narrow story arc. For 90 minutes, we watch the lisping poet hiding out in Pontianak, having fled from the authorities.

"Pontianak was a crucial point in Thukul's life. After the Kudatuli incident in 1996, Thukul a