Vous Etes Servis, Jorge Leon

VOUS ÊTES SERVIS a film by Jorge León

Direction, Camera: Jorge León
Sound: Quentin Jacques, Abdi Kusuma Surbakti
Assistant direction: Jasna Krajinovic
Editing: Marie-Hélène Mora
Sound mix: Luc Thomas
A Derives Production: Executive producers - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Coproduction: CBA (Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles) Producteur associé Kathleen de Béthune

RTBF (Télévision belge) Responsable Unité de programmes Documentaires: Wilbur Leguebe

Produced with the help of: Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique,des Télédistributeurs wallons, de la Région Wallonne.

With thanks to: Damaged Goods, du Kunstenfestivaldesarts et NXTSTP, projet bénéficiant de l’appui du programme culturel de l’Union européenne du Centre pour l’égalité des chances et la lutte contre le racisme de la Fondation Roi Baudouin de la Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles et de la Loterie nationale

© DERIVES - CBA – RTBF - 2010

Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2009. In a recruitment Centre women undergo training to become maids. They learn how to use a microwave, how to be polite, their future employer’s language and stamina at work. Tens of thousands of them leave each month for Asia or the Middle East in the hope of bringing a better salary back home. But hope sometimes turns into a nightmare: overworked and mistreated, they are reduced to a state of slavery. Their stories lie behind the domestic function for which they were trained, revealed in looks, words, laughter and shocking silence.