Tuesday 11 April 2017

Maid in Singapore

Ilo Ilo (2013)

Written and directed by Anthony Chen this film stars Chen Tianwen, Yeo Yann Yann, Angeli Bayani and Koh Jia ler. In 1997 a Singaporean family hire a Filipino woman to be their live in maid.

While I'm not overly familiar with the 1997 Asian financial crisis this film does do a fairly good job of personifying the financial problems of the region through one family. The story works well showing how desire for success leads to financial problems. I enjoyed the performances and the direction is suitably low key.


4/5  

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