The Handmaiden
in person
Fri Jun 20, 7:30 pm at Academy Museum
Part of Queer, Period: Desire Through The Ages
DCP
18+ ONLY
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The Handmaiden
아가씨
Park Chan-wook
2016
145 min
Korea
Korean
Movie Summary: In 1930s Korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a Japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a Japanese heiress and steal her fortune.
Queer Film LA Says: Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook adapted the Victorian lesbian con artist psychological thriller Fingersmith into 2016's critically acclaimed The Handmaiden, moving the setting to Japanese-occupied Korea as our main characters set out to seduce and rob a Japanese heiress.
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