Susan Lankester

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.

In the idyllic town of Taiping, head of the family, Choo ruthlessly attempts to control the dreams and happiness of his three children. The only person who soothes the father's and children's friction is Choo's wife, Aileen.