By Maher Abi Samra
Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the national and ethnic origins of the workers and in which the Lebanese employer is master and the worker the property. Zein owns a domestic worker agency in Beirut. He arranges for Asian and African women to work in Lebanese households and assists his clients in choosing "mail-order" housemaids that will best suit their needs. Advertisement, justice, police are on his side. He decides to open his agency for us.
Awards
~ Winner, Peace Film Prize, 2016 Berlinale
~ Winner, DOK.horizonte, 2016 DOK.fest M¨šnchen
~ Winner, Best Film, Buenos Aires International Festival (BAFICI)
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