THE HANDMAIDEN

THE HANDMAIDEN

THE HANDMAIDEN (AH-GA-SSI), 2016

South Korea | DCP, Color, 144’ |Korean, Japanese

Director: Park Chan-wook

Actors:Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Jo Jin-woong

The Handmaiden, which made South Korean writer-director Park Chan-wook a candidate for the Golden Palm at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, is an erotic thriller set during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s. The film explores the intrigue-filled relationship between a wealthy young Japanese woman, a Korean man who attempts to deceive her for her money and this man’s Korean servant. The Handmaiden is a feast full of plot-twists rendered with the superior esthetic conception of its quick-witted director.

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