A Maid for Each
( Makhdoumin )
Maher Abi Samra
2016 - Liban/France/Norvège - Couleur - 67'
Photography : Claire Mathon
Sound : Moncef Taleb
Editing : Rana Sabbagha, Ruben Korenfeld
Production : Les Films d’ici, Orjouane Productions, Medieoperatorene AS, France Télévisions
Maher Abi Samra
2016 - Liban/France/Norvège - Couleur - 67'
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.
Photography : Claire Mathon
Sound : Moncef Taleb
Editing : Rana Sabbagha, Ruben Korenfeld
Production : Les Films d’ici, Orjouane Productions, Medieoperatorene AS, France Télévisions