The Handmaiden (2016) dir. Park Chan-Wook
1930s Korea: in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle. 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 the handmaiden and the heiress discover some unexpected emotions.
This South Korean erotic psychological thriller film is inspired by the 2002 novel Fingersmith by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese colonial rule.
‘Women love to play with fate.’
Runtime: 2h25m
Venue: H O Schild LT
