Ilo Ilo

[Machine Translation] In life, there are encounters that will save your life. A gem of a story that has won numerous awards, including the Camera d'Or for Best New Director at the Cannes International Film Festival. The first appearance in Japan of the film by Anthony Chen, an up-and-coming director who has become the eye of the typhoon at film awards around the world. -- Singapore, 1997. Jaroo is an only child of two busy parents who work together. His mother decides to have a Filipina maid, Teresa, come to live in the house. Jaroo has a hard time opening up to this sudden outsider, but she soon begins to feel the same loneliness that Jaroo feels in Teresa, who is working hard while suppressing her feelings for her son who is sending money to her. But then her father is laid off from his job due to the recession caused by the Asian currency crisis. The mother, who should have been relieved to see her son open up to the maid, begins to feel a hint of jealousy...

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人生には、あなたを救ってくれる出会いがある――。 カンヌ国際映画祭新人監督【カメラドール】他、数々の賞に輝いた珠玉のストリー。世界の映画賞で台風の目となった新鋭アンソニー・チェン監督作品、日本初登場。 ―― 1997年のシンガポール。共働きで多忙な両親をもつ一人っ子のジャールーは、わがままな振る舞いが多く、小学校でも問題ばかり起こして周囲の人々を困らせていた。手を焼いた母親の決断で、フィリピン人メイドのテレサが住み込みで家にやって来る。突然の部外者に、なかなか心を開かないジャールーだったが、仕送り先にいる息子への想いを抑えつつ必死で働くテレサに、いつしか自分の抱える孤独と同じものを感じて心を開いていく。だが、そんな折、父親がアジア通貨危機による不況で会社をリストラされてしまう。また、メイドに打ち解けた息子に安心していたはずの母親の心にも、嫉妬にも似た感情が芽生えはじめる・・・。