This film tells the story of a nyai mistress who becomes famous after the publication of a book in 1896 and then popularized through theatre and the traditional performance of lenong Dasima a girl who is originally from Kuripan Bogor is married to an Englishman named Edward William From Tangerang she later moves to Batavia Jakarta She becomes well known for her beauty and wealth One of her suitors is Samiun who is married to Hayati Dasima is persuaded by Mak Buyung to leave her master But when she becomes Samiuns second wife she is neglected