Overseas

Quietly devastating and clear-eyed, it makes you sit with the women's rehearsed endurance and the ache of leaving home.

Directed by

Sung-a Yoon

Genres

Documentary

Overview

In the Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. In one of the many training centers dedicated to domestic work, a group of trainees are getting ready to face both homesickness and the possible abuses lying ahead during a series of role-playing exercises.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Immigration, work, isolation, gender

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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