The Handmaiden (English subtitled) + short film Drama | Sold out
In the year in which Parasite conquered the world, we want to introduce you to another recent South Korean masterpiece: the visually sumptuous and erotic thriller The Handmaiden.
With THE HANDMAIDEN, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY) transplants Sarah Waters’ Victorian England-set bestseller FINGERSMITH to Japanese-occupied Korea in the 1930s. In Park’s adaptation, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to Lady Hideko, a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on an estate with her domineering uncle. But the maid has a secret. She and a swindler who poses as a Japanese count are scheming to get the lady engaged, rob her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse.
Programme:
19.30hrs:
Festival site & bar opens
21.00hrs:
Short film: Drama
21:05hrs:
Main film: The Handmaiden (English subtitled version)
00:00hrs:
Festival site & bar closes
Drama
Noël Loozen, The Netherlands 2019, 4 minutes.
A small film about a man who drowns in great sorrow.
Please note: the screening of THE HANDMAIDEN is preceded by the short film DRAMA (Noël Loozen, Netherlands 2019, 4 min.), a small film about great sorrow.