Country: Singapore
Director: Anthony Chen
Cast: Chen Tianwen, Yeo Yann Yann, Angeli Bayani & Koh Jia Ler.
Set in the year 1997 during the time of the Asian Financial Crisis, It tells the story of the Lim family who hires a live-in maid for some domestic help in the form of Filipino, Teresa.
Anthony Chen, the director of the movie grew up in 1990s Singapore with a Filipino maid and going through the same kind of situations at that time helps him to write in detail about all sort of family issues. If you look closely, you can easily sense the unsaid words or emotions of both parties and that's the beauty of it. Winning the best debut award at the 2013 London Film Festival and the Camera d’Or for best debut feature at Cannes, it was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. Overall, It's an unsentimental yet emotionally involving film that provides a sense of hope to everyone and In the end, you can come out with the feeling of watching a good family drama film.
Verdict: Good
Director: Anthony Chen
Cast: Chen Tianwen, Yeo Yann Yann, Angeli Bayani & Koh Jia Ler.
Set in the year 1997 during the time of the Asian Financial Crisis, It tells the story of the Lim family who hires a live-in maid for some domestic help in the form of Filipino, Teresa.
Anthony Chen, the director of the movie grew up in 1990s Singapore with a Filipino maid and going through the same kind of situations at that time helps him to write in detail about all sort of family issues. If you look closely, you can easily sense the unsaid words or emotions of both parties and that's the beauty of it. Winning the best debut award at the 2013 London Film Festival and the Camera d’Or for best debut feature at Cannes, it was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. Overall, It's an unsentimental yet emotionally involving film that provides a sense of hope to everyone and In the end, you can come out with the feeling of watching a good family drama film.
Verdict: Good
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