Movie

Ilo Ilo

2013 · 100 min

A quiet, tender, and quietly devastating look at a struggling family and the maid who becomes its emotional center.

Overview: During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, class, isolation, parenthood
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
class
isolation
parenthood
coming-of-age
Places: big city
home
school
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none