Siman's tongue is cut out. He is stunned as he witnesses a foreign crew shooting a moon landing scene on the Parangtritis Beach, Yogyakarta, in the 1960s. Blood begins to pour, staining his shirt. While paying no heed to the pain, he rides his bike swiftly across rice fields. The incident leaves him mute for life.

This is the day that changes Siman’s life. He moves slowly, as if in outer space with zero gravity, like an astrona