Ilo Ilo (2013)

Directors

Anthony Chen

Cast

Koh Jia Ler, Angeli Bayani, Chen Tianwen, Yeo Yann Yann

The story

In Singapore during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the Lim family welcomes their domestic helper Teresa (colloquially Terry). Terry is an overseas Filipino Worker who has come to support her infant son. The father, Teck, works in sales for a glass company; the pregnant mother, Hwee Leng, works as a secretary in a downsizing shipping company; and the ten-year-old son, Jiale, is a troubled delinquent.

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