The Handmaiden (2016) Editor's Pick
Original Title: 아가씨
Overview
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
Details
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Writer
- Chung Seo-kyung
- Original Language
- Korean
- Budget
- $8,575,000
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Editor's Comment
"Thematically complex, The Handmaiden explores the cruel contempt for women and the lower class in the society of the time. Park Chan-wook’s trademark is to present the half-English, half-Japanese designed mansion as a character in its own right. The battle between sexual identities is at times poetic, at times erotic, at times a baroque fantasy. It’s a crazy love story in which sensuality and sex are driven by the woman for good reason."
— Secil Kose
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