Sarah Waters' 'Fingersmith' Comes to Life in Park Chan-Wook's 'Handmaiden'

From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of "Oldboy," "Lady Vengeance," "Thirst" and "Stoker," comes a ravishing new crime drama inspired by the novel "Fingersmith" by lesbian British author Sarah Waters. It opens today in select theaters across the nation.

Having transposed the story to 1930s-era colonial Korea and Japan, Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of a young Japanese Lady living on a secluded estate, and a Korean woman who is hired to serve as her new handmaiden, but who is secretly involved in a conman's plot to defraud her of her large inheritance.

Powered by remarkable performances from Kim Min-hee ("Right Now, Wrong Then") as Lady Hideko, Ha Jung-woo ("The Chaser") as the conman who calls himself the Count and sensational debut actress Kim Tae-ri as the maid Sookee, "The Handmaiden" borrows the most dynamic elements of its source material and combines it with Park Chan-wook's singular vision and energy to create an unforgettable viewing experience.
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"'The Handmaiden' is the Korean director Park Chan-wook's most delectable narrative feature in years," said Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times. "This ornately art-directed erotic puzzler centers around two beautiful women... Over the course of the movie's three chapters, two of which provide a revelatory, 'Rashomon' style shift in perspective, the women will become lovers, rivals and allies, and their teasing, mercurial role play is what gives the movie its seductive pull."
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