Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 103'
Language: VOSC
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Maryam, a 50 year old gallery owner from an aristocratic family, seeks blessings from her father to marry her young foreigner boyfriend from Sierra Leone, while at the same time she needs to overcome challenges from Sharia bureaucracy, which determines her ability to choose a spouse.
Director
Writer and independent filmmaker Badrul Hisham Ismail studied at The New School in New York, where he shot his short film A Tale of a Mannequin (2014) with the help of a Kickstarter campaign. He directed his first feature-length documentary Voyage to Terengganu (2016) together with Amir Muhammad, also from Malaysia. Ismail’s films often explore themes that question the normality of everyday life. His films have been shown at Freedom Film Fest, IFFR, Malaysian Shorts and Thai Short Film & Video Festival, among others. He is also a regular writer at The Star and co-founder and content editor at the Malay-language print journal Svara. He is based in Kuala Lumpur.
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