OverseasSung-A Yoon
Many Filipino women go abroad to work as domestic help. It is often a leap into the unknown, as they leave everything behind, including their husband and children. The camera follows these women with understanding and tenderness during a training course to prepare them for an uncertain future. Not a cliche story about social exploitation, but one about companionship and female determination.
In the Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. In order to do so, they frequently leave their own children behind, before throwing themselves into the unknown. In one of the many training centers dedicated to domesti
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Directed by Sung-A Yoon
Belgium
2019 90 min.
English, Filipino
Subtitles: Dutch, English
Programme
Belgian selection
credits
Director
Sung-A Yoon
Script
Sung-A Yoon
Producer
Isabelle Truc, Hanne Phlypo, Quentin Laurent
Editing
Dieter Diependaele
Music
Frederic Verrieres
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