Standing firmly in
between two of South Korea's greatest directorial talents, Fallen Angel's Wong
Kar-Wai and Snowpiercer's Bong Joon-ho, is the equally talented Park Chan-wook,
the director behind such cult classics as Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr.
Vengeance.
Both of Chan-wook's
here mentioned films have stroked a chord outside of their native country, and
have given the filmmaker much deserved credit elsewhere in the world, which is
probably why Magnolia Pictures and Amazon Studios have picked up the latest project from the acclaimed director, The Handmaiden, which will hit theaters
this coming October, just in time for the Oscars.
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.
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