Set at the end of the 20th century during the onset of a major Asian economic depression, Ilo Ilo depicts Teck, his wife Leng, their disruptive young boy Jiale and the maid, Teresa, whom they have hired to help look after them. The growing external pressure of the economic depression to which Teck and Leng are subjected is combined with the internal psychological pressures generated as Jiale's initial hostility towards Teresa mutates into a close friendship.
Singapore is a wealthy but rigid society where status is regarded as important. As well as being a subtle depiction of the interplay between family and an outsider it also reflects the society within which it is set. It makes for absorbing watching.
Singapore is a wealthy but rigid society where status is regarded as important. As well as being a subtle depiction of the interplay between family and an outsider it also reflects the society within which it is set. It makes for absorbing watching.