Based on Joseph Conrad's 1895 novel Almayer's Folly, this epic film tells the story of Kaspar Almayer, an English trader struggling to survive in Malaysia at the turn of the 19th Century.

Maryam, a 50 year old gallery owner seeks blessings from her father to marry her 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.