HANDMAIDEN, THE
[AGASSI] [아가씨]
The full range of Park Chan-wook's directorial skills — stunning visuals, thrilling voyeurism, twisty plots and moving performances — are on display in THE HANDMAIDEN, Park's 2016 adaptation of Sarah Waters' crime novel "Fingersmith." Transplanting the setting from Victorian-era England to 1930s Korea under Japanese occupation, Park weaves a gripping and sensual tale of two women — a Japanese heiress (Kim Min-hee) living on the secluded estate of her wealthy, absentee husband (Ha Jung-woo), and a younger Korean woman (Kim Tae-ri) who is hired to serve as her handmaiden, but is secretly plotting with a conman (Cho Jin-woong) to defraud her mistress of her wealth. This psychological thriller, rife with erotic encounters and a touch of kink, dazzles with its visual flair and tremendous performances. DIR/SCR/PROD Park Chan-wook; SCR Jeong Seo-kyeong, based on the book "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters; PROD Syd Lim. South Korea, 2016, color, 144 min. In Korean and Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 144 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, July 08, 2023
Genre: Romance drama
