The Handmaiden
Director: Park Chan-wook
Stars: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong
Mon 29 May 7.30pm Book Now
Duration: 144 mins
AGE Rating: Cert 18
Adults £7
KOREAN/CHINESE with Subtitles
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.
The Guardian Review is here.
