Espoir et Inquiétude
( Promise and Unrest )

Alan Grossman, Aine O’Brien
2010 - 79 min - Couleur - Irlande, Philippines

Separated from her daughter Gracelle at 7 months, Noemi Barredo left the Philippines for work in Malaysia to support her parents and extended family before arriving in Ireland in 2000. Filmed over a five-year period, this film is an intimate portrayal of a migrant woman performing caregiving and long-distance motherhood, while assuming the responsibility of sole provider for her family back in the Philippines.



Author-Director : Alan Grossman, Aine O’Brien
Photography : Alan Grossman
Sound : David McCaulay
Editing : Simon Hipkins, Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas
Delegate Producer : Fomacs

Distribution


Distributor : Ostrow and Company

Distinctions

2011 - Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris (France) : Compétition Internationale