首次執導主流商業長片的獨立電影導演Ismail Basbeth嘗試用電影揭開伊斯蘭教的神秘面紗，使非教徒對伊斯蘭教改觀。別以為 故事一定是沉悶說教，反而此片更似是用宗教包裝的温馨家庭小品。主角 Mahmud是虔伊斯蘭教徒，希望向所有人宣揚伊斯蘭教是解決生命所有問題的唯一方法。聽說政府花上過十億盧比亞尋找新月的日子以定開齋節。為了向人示範宗教是精神性而非物質的，不用花多錢都可以找到新月，他希望能重現母校的一個遺失了的傳統。但女兒為他的健康著想，阻止他前往，除非有弟弟陪 伴。兒子是環保活躍分子而且不重視宗教，父子二人常不咬弦， 但兒子急需換新護照因此需要入境處工作的姐姐協助，於是勉為其難與父同行，父與子的對話隨著這行程展開。

Following his surrealist debut feature Another Trip to the Moon, Ismail Basbeth’s second film takes inspiration from The Crescent Moon, specifically the “hilal” - the first visible crescent moon that marks the start and end of an Islamic lunar month. When Mahmud (Deddy Sutomo), a stubborn and conservative Muslim, hears about the high government cost that goes into sighting and determining the new crescent moon for Eid al-Fitr, he decides to go and find hilal himself, just like in the good old days. Mahmud’s estranged son Heli (Oka Antara), a liberal and unreligious young man, reluctantly accompanies his father on a pilgrimage that will come to change them both.