We went to a movie the other night. It was wonderful. Singaporean made.
It won at Cannes. If you can see it, please do. It would be at a theatre that shows not mainstream movies.
It is called "Ilo Ilo"
Singaporean life that even I don't know about. I imagine it, I see glimpses of it, but this movie is right on. It has sub-titles, and funnily enough, translates the Malaysian, Mandarin AND Singlish.
It is the story of Ilo Ilo, a helper hired by a family that lives in a HDB building . Both parents work, they have a ten year old boy, and a baby on the way. So they hire help.
You get a portrait of the young woman hired, from Malaysia or Philippines, or… It doesn't matter. The movie follows this family through a very stressful period in their lives. The conditions that they all live in, the space that they live in, the stresses that they live with. I don't want to give it away, because I really hope you can get to see it.
But hunt up the movie, and if it comes to your town, do go see it.
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