The person who washes your clothes, mops your floors, cleans up after your children, cooks dinner shouldn’t be invisible.
ILO Ilo is a movie about a young woman from the Philippines who comes to work as a caretaker with a family in Singapore during the 1997-98 financial crisis. It tells the story of the bond between the woman and family’s son, who at first treated her badly but in time grew attached to her. Made by Singaporean director Anthony Chen and released last year, the film was also a window on a struggling family trying to make ends meet during tough times.