The First Singaporean Movie to earn an enormous accolate in the - TopicsExpress

The First Singaporean Movie to earn an enormous accolate in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. It features the life of a Filipina maid in Singapore and how she became attached to the kids she serves. Its worth watching, an ultimate tribute to all the hard works of Overseas Filipino Worker. Kudos to brilliant minds behind this project. Heres the synopsis courtesy of iloilocityoflove.blogspot.tw/ Set in the mid 1990s in Singapore, Iloilo chronicles the relationship between three young brothers (WEIJIE, 10; WEIMING, 8 and WEICONG, 6) and their maid from Iloilo, a province in Philippines. The three children of working parents, TECK and HWEE still seem unable to take care of themselves or one another while the couple is at work and so the mother hires a maid. The arrival of TERESA, the new Filipino maid presents a new situation for the family as the brothers try to adapt to the presence of a stranger at home, a challenge particularly for the youngest WEICONG who shares a room with her. Having gotten used to AUNTIE TERRY (as they call her), the often demanding and spoilt kids overwhelm their maid with errands and chores, relying on her to do the simplest of tasks. The dynamics of this relationship changes when TERESA asserts parental control to discipline the mischievous children. She has gone from stranger to servant and now surrogate mother and friend – one who dotes and cares, yet disciplines and educates. This leads to subtle jealousy from HWEE and an increased tension between the two maternal figures. The unique bond between the foreign maid and the children continue to develop and soon she has become an unspoken part of the family, until financial circumstances resulting from the recession in 1997 mean that the family can no longer afford her. The children struggle to come to terms with the decision but eventually are forced to deal with AUNTIE TERRY’s departure. They will never see her again.