Handmaiden, The
Ah-ga-ssi · dir. Chan-wook Park
South Korea 2016, 145’
18 October, 21:00 · Od Nowa – new hall
We are in Korea, in 1930s. A crook from the lower classes decides to use deceit to arouse the passion of a beautiful Japanese woman, an heiress to a large fortune, in order to seize that fortune. To that end, he installs the title handmaiden in the closest circle of the heiress — the handmaiden is a gold-digger, totally dependent on the crook, and her task is to win the favours of the millionaire, and become her confidante. The Handmaiden is a story about a love triangle, lust, sexual fantasies, and sophisticated revenge. The scheme is presented from different perspectives and changes dramatically by the minute, on its way to a perverse finale.
| Director: | Chan-wook Park |
| Screenplay: | Seo-Kyung Chung, Chan-wook Park |
| Music: | Yeong-wook Jo |
| Cinematography: | Chung-hoon Chung |
| Editing: | Jae-Bum Kim, Sang-beom Kim |
| Cast: | Min-hee Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo, Hae-suk Kim |
| Production: | Syd Lim, Chan-wook Park |
| Producer: | Moho Film, Yong Film |
| Distribution: | Gutek Film |
| Awards: | FF w Cannes / Cannes FF – Udział w Konkursie Głównym / Participation in the Main Competition (2016) |
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