When a Film Gets Things All Right, But Is Still Wrong
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSometimes having good intentions and eye-witness testimony is not enough to make a topical, issues-driven movie connect with its anticipated audience.The movie “Dea,” recently boarded by Hong Kong sales company Good Move Media, is a case in point.
It probes the put-upon lives of foreign domestic helpers, who number several hundred thousand in Hong Kong, but are politically invisible.These female helpers, mostly hailing from Indonesia or The Philippines, enable Hong Kong’s middle classes to function as double income families and facilitate the territory’s hard-charging, long-hours work culture.
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