The Maid

Rosa Dimaano (Alessandra de Rossi) leaves her family in the rural Philippines to work as a maid in Singapore, arriving on the eve of the seventh lunar month, when the gates of hell are said to open. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Teo, run a Teochew opera troupe from a dilapidated shophouse and welcome her warmly. Kelvin Tong follows Rosa, alone for the first time, as she learns the customs of a month she never knew was coming.