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A Lease to Paradise

An old woman from a fishing village is convinced that she and her family can stay together in the afterlife if all of them are placed in the same columbarium, only to find that the paradise she places her hope on is in danger.

In a tranquil fishing village, an old granny spends her lifetime savings on columbariums in hopes that the whole family can stay together in the afterlife, only to find that the said columbarium has been ruled illegal by the authorities and is set to be demolished. Against all odds, she decides to take matters into her own hands in order to protect her imagined ‘paradise’.

An old woman from a fishing village is convinced that she and her family can stay together in the afterlife if all of them are placed in the same columbarium, only to find that the paradise she places her hope on is in danger.

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