Ilo Ilo

Plot Summary

During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.

singapore

nanny

motherly love

love

young boy

problem child

maid

loss of job

estranged father

mother figure

financial crisis

losing money

financial problem

migrant worker

money problems

fired

feelings

1990s

pinay

estranged mother

singlish

mother son estrangement

haughty mother

woman employer

filipino

filipino abroad

game of chance

naughty boy

loto

overseas filipino workers

arrogant