Ilo Ilo
(2013)
★ 6.8 IMDb · 123 votes
Year: 2013
Runtime: 100 мин
Country: Singapore, France
Director: 陳哲藝
Cast: Ео Яннянн, Chen Tian Wen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler, Jo Kukathas, Peter Wee, Naomi Toh, Stephanie Kiong, Jia Min Chantel Teo, Zhi Fang Xu
Plot
During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
Set in Singapore, Ilo Ilo chronicles the relationship between the Lim family and their newly arrived maid, Teresa. Like many other Filipino women, she has come to this city in search of a better life. Her presence in the family worsens their already strained relationship. Jiale, the young and troublesome son, starts to form a unique bond with Teresa, who soon becomes an unspoken part of the family. This is 1997 and the Asian Financial Crisis is beginning to be felt in the region...