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Overseas

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The portrait of an almost invisible female economic migration, that of the young Filipino women who go live abroad to work for rich foreigners in order to feed their families.

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Devika Girish New York Times 11/25/2020
Occasional staged soliloquies jar with the film's delicate vérité approach, but Yoon's eye for composition remains precise throughout. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 11/24/2020
4/5
It is hauntingly sad. Go to Full Review Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter 08/22/2019
The most sympathetic, illuminating study of domestic labor since Roma... Go to Full Review Luis Fernando Galván En Filme 12/07/2020
4/5
South Korean-born, Brussels-based director Sung-a Yoon does not succumb to emotional blackmail or oversimplification... moving away from those vulnerability and pitiful portraits. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Genoveva Corro Millán Letras Libres 05/14/2020
Sung-A Yoon addresses [the phenomenon of migration] from a perspective anchored in the micro and the individual, the feminine and the emotional. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 02/24/2020
3.5/5
It paints a stark picture of the damage done by colonialism and international economic inequality, but it's in its depiction of common concerns that it finds its power. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Sung-A Yoon

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Synopsis The portrait of an almost invisible female economic migration, that of the young Filipino women who go live abroad to work for rich foreigners in order to feed their families.
Director
Sung-A Yoon
Screenwriter
Sung-A Yoon
Production Co
Clin d'oeil films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Filipino
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2020
Runtime
1h 5m