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During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
Director:
,
Anthony Chen
Cast:
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Yeo Yann Yann
,
Angeli Bayani
,
Chen Tian Wen
,
Koh Jia Ler
,
Jo Kukathas
,
Peter Wee

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Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
29 Aug 2013
Country:
SG, FR
Languages:
Chinese, Tagalog, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$54,071
Awards:
34 wins & 19 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Chen builds his case not with sentimentality and obvious plot points, but through everyday life -- showering, doing laundry, dropping the boy off at school, phone calls.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Aug 2014
fresh:
The crowded compositions convey a sense of life in the dense Asian city-state, but also the intimacy of this semi-autobiographical story.
– Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
17 Jul 2014
fresh:
Anthony Chen, a Singaporean writer-director with a half-dozen shorts to his credit, makes his feature debut with this vividly characterized domestic drama.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
22 May 2014
fresh:
Characters who may seem hopeless begin to suggest a vulnerable side, and none truly deserve the situations that afflict them.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
10 Apr 2014
fresh:
"Ilo Ilo" is writer-director Anthony Chen's first film, but breathtaking intimacy in storytelling is already second nature to him.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr 2014
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