Corrie Film Club

The next film at Corrie and Sannox Village Hall on Sunday August 9th at 8pm will be Ilo Ilo.

Set in Singapore during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Ilo Ilo chronicles the day-to-day drama of the Lim family – troublesome grade-schooler Jiale and his overstressed parents, Heck and Leng. Comfortably middleclass and with another baby on the way, they hire Teresa, a Filipino immigrant, as a live-in maid and nanny. An outsider in both the family and Singapore itself, Teresa initially struggles to manage Jiale’s antics and find her footing in her new community. The two eventually form a unique bond, but just as Teresa becomes an unspoken part of the family, unforeseen circumstances in an uncertain economy will challenge the new normal yet again.

According to film site Rotten Tomatoes, Ilo Ilo is quietly compassionate and rich in detail, and a strikingly mature debut from writer-director Anthony Chen.

All are welcome – do come along.

Last month’s film, Ida, could not be shown as, at the last moment, it became apparent that the DVD was a Blu-Ray version and incompatible with the projector in the hall. We watched the wonderful 1935 version of The 39 Steps instead, but it was a salutary lesson to check formats carefully before buying DVDs. Ida will be shown again, in the correct format, later in the season.