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



Dutch spoken or subtitled

Vertoond op editie(s) 2020
Screened at edition(s) 2020

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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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