By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Dong-hwi Lee | Jung-woo Ha | Kim Hae-sook | Kim Min-hee | Kim Tae-ri | Min-chae Yoo | Yong-nyeo Lee
Original language title: Ah-ga-ssi
Country: south_korea
Year: 2016
Running time: 145
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4016934/reference
Vicki says: “Chan-wook Park doesn’t disappoint in his no-holds-barred film, THE HANDMAIDEN. Park bases the film on the Victorian thriller, Fingersmith but moves the setting to to 1930’s Korea under Japanese Colonialism. Park maintains the novel’s three part structure (story told from different points of view), a gruesome and debauched tale of a pickpocket masquerading as a servant to cheat an heiress. There are twists and turns that keep the audience guessing. What results is a feminist revenge story that is brilliant, stunning and spellbinding.”