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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Ilo Ilo, this is an unshowy, deeply humane portrait of a household reshaped by care work, class, and quiet mutual dependence; its emotional force builds through everyday gestures rather than plot turns.
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Why this pick
Its patient observation of a financially precarious, imperfect family echoes Ilo Ilo’s tenderness toward flawed people, finding warmth and moral complexity in domestic routines.
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Why this pick
A quietly absorbing slice of working-class family life, attuned to meals, errands, small frictions, and understated acts of support—the same intimate scale and compassionate realism as Ilo Ilo.
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Why this pick
Anthony Chen again uses Singapore’s humid, lived-in textures and careful silences for a restrained drama about loneliness, caregiving, and connections that resist easy judgment.
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Why this pick
This expansive yet intimate household drama shares Ilo Ilo’s attention to the emotional labour of a domestic worker and the way social hierarchy coexists with genuine attachment.
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01 / THE STORY
Set in Singapore during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, ''Ilo Ilo'' chronicles the Lim family as they adjust to their newly arrived Filipina domestic helper, Teresa, (Angeli Bayani) who has come, like many other Filipinas, in search of a better life. The father, Teck, (Chen Tianwen) works in sales for a glass company; the pregnant mother, Hwee Leng, (Yeo Yann Yann) works as a secretary for a shipping company that is down sizing; and the ten-year-old son, Jiale, (Koh Jia Ler) is a troubled delinquent.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Hwee Leng
Jiale
