FILM

The Palace is a documentary that follows the everyday life of seventeen women who live together, sharing a large house for emotional and financial reasons. They help each other to train for various jobs. Most become nannies, domestic workers and private nurses for elderly patients.

"I wanted to see how these women managed to live together under such difficult circumstances. I found a house that was much more peaceful than I had envisioned. Throughout the filming process we were careful to shoot the everyday life and training that gran many of the women went through to find a job. As we tried to capture the essence of the place, our presence altered the way it functioned to a degree that was impossible to assess." N.P.