MARYAM, a 50-year-old gallery owner from an aristocratic family, seeks her father’s blessing to marry her young, foreign boyfriend from Sierra Leone — while battling the Sharia bureaucracy that challenges her right to choose her own spouse.
Director: Badrul Hisham Ismail | Cast: Sofia Jane, Omar Abdullah, Susan Lankester
Genre: Drama | Lang: Malay | Subs: my | Runtime: 107 mins | Year: 2023
Official Selection: International Film Festival Rotterdam (2023), Asian Film Festival Barcelona (2023), 34th Singapore International Film Festival (2023), 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2023), 21st Asian Film Festival, Rome (2024)
Awards: Best Actress and Most Original Film 21st Asian Film Festival, Rome (2024)
