THE HANDMAIDEN | Trailer
The Handmaiden
South Korea
“A dizzying concoction of desire and depravity … truly breathtaking.” – The Playlist
MIFF favourite Park Chan-wook returns with this erotically charged adaptation of Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith. Transposing the book’s Victorian setting into a sumptuously shot 1930s Korea, Park delivers a work of razor-sharp humour and pleasure that will have you guessing until the final piece of clothing drops to the floor.
Young pickpocket Sooki has been dispatched by a conman, The Count, to become handmaiden to heiress Hideko. The plan: lure Hideko into marrying The Count, then lock her away and claim her vast fortune. However, Hideko is far from what she seems and the stage is set for a dangerous power play that could leave all three of them unmoored.
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