During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
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Earnest, classical in form, prestige and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Yeo Yann YannLim Hwee Leng
- Chen Tian WenLim Beng Teck
- Angeli BayaniTeresa
- Koh Jia LerLim Jiale
- Jo KukathasMs. Davie
- Peter WeeDiscipline Master
- Naomi TohMrs. Ong
- Stephanie KiongTeacher
- Jia Min Chantel TeoTeacher
- Zhi Fang XuTeacher
Crew
- Anthony ChenDirector
- Anthony ChenScreenplay
- Benoît SolerDirector of Photography
- Hoping ChenEditor
- Joanne CheongEditor
- Anthony ChenProducer
- Wahyuni A. HadiProducer
- Hwee Sim AngProducer
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