Overseas
CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE
Locarno IFF
Augustus 2019
SELECTION
BFI London Film Festival
October 2019
SELECTION
BUSAN
October 2019
SELECTION
IDFA 2019
November 2019
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
PREMIERS PLANS d’ANGERS
January 2020
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CATALUNYA AWARD
DOCS BARCELONA
June 2020
| Length | 90' |
| Format | 2K - 16/9 |
| Sound | 5.1 & Stereo |
| Language | PH / EN |
| Subtitles | FR / EN / NL |
Synopsis
| Synopsis | In the Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. In order to do so, they frequently leave their own children behind, before throwing themselves into the unknown. In one of the many training centers dedicated to domestic work that can be found in the Philippines, a group of trainees are getting ready to face both homesickness and the possible abuses lying ahead. During role playing exercises, they alternatively play both the roles of the employee and that of the employers. Bordering on fiction, “Overseas” brings to light the question of modern servitude in our globalized world, while emphasizing these women’s determination, their sisterhood, and the strategies they find to face the ordeals that awaits them in the near future. |
| Bouton Trailer | Trailer |
| Diffusion | Belgian release – 16th of September 2020 16/09 – Churchill Liège – 20:00 For canceled sessions new dates will be announced shortly. |
| Team | Director Sung-A Yoon |
| Production | Produced by Iota Production and Les Films de l’oeil sauvage Belgian Distribution: CBA |
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PRESS |
| Festivals | 72th Locarno Flm Festival (IT) – Cineasti del presente 2019 |
