No Day Off

Siti, a young woman from a small village in Sulawesi, Indonesia, is lured by an agency to leave her infant son and husband to work as a maid in Singapore. In the hopes of giving her family a better life, she leaves and works as a domestic worker under harrowing conditions and the good will of her employers. Siti is not an isolated case, about 150,000 maids in Singapore have a similar destiny.

  • Director: Eric Khoo
  • Runtime: 38m58s
  • Genre: Drama
  • Rating: PG
  • Availability: library@esplanade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library
  • Accession No: 2018-D-1003350
  • Subtitles: English
  • Release Year: 2006
  • Producer: Tan Fong Cheng, Freddie Yeo
  • Language: English, Indonesian, Mandarin
  • Production Country: Indonesia, Singapore

Cast List:

  • Syamsiah
  • Suzanne Walker
  • Jonathan Lim
  • Isabelle Leong
  • David Chin
  • Christine Shan
  • Emil Teo
  • Marilyn Lee
  • Henry Thia
  • Christina Chan
  • Lee Sea Moi
  • Michelle Tan
  • Angela Ang
  • Terence Chan
  • Bosco Francis
  • Christina Joseph
  • John Chong
  • Ahmad

Crew:

  • Executive Producer - James Toh, Jacqueline Khoo, Michael Wiluan
  • Director of Photography - Jason Tan
  • Editor - Derek Ho, Rayner Lim
  • Art Director - Sabrina Yeong
  • Research - Chiew Sung Ching
  • Production Manager - Felicia Tan, Denise Koh, Mellisa Ng
  • Batam Co-ordinator - Raja Azrim
  • Gaffer - Wong Kok Whye
  • Junior Grip - Jeffrey Tham, Wee Liam Neo, Chan Yu Perng
  • Sound Recordist - Chan Lian Thong
  • Set Photographer - Rory Daniel
  • Panasonic Camera Support - Jac Kee
  • Production Accountant - Christopher Lim
  • Post Production - Infinite Frameworks
  • Post Production Producer - Gavin Chelvan
  • Post Supervisor - Lawrence Ang
  • Assistant Editor - Simon Tan
  • Smoke Artist - Joseph Chia
  • Colourist - Yazmin B Matrahah
  • Audio Post Production - AMX Audiophiles
  • Audio Producer - Terence Chan
  • Audio Engineer - David Ong, Chus Shuyan, Jane Lai

Keywords:

  • Activity – Babysitting, Cleaning, Cooking, House work
  • Country – Indonesia, Singapore
  • Emotion – Loneliness, Responsibility, Hope, Resignation, Defencelessness, Vulnerability
  • People – Maid Agent, Maid, Domestic Worker
  • Places - Sulawesi, Batam Maid Training Centre, Landed house, HDB flat
  • Theme – Poverty Immigration, Exploitation, Future Dreams, Language Barrier, Education, Gap between rich and poor
  • Relationship – Maid/Employer

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