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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