The Handmaiden Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Chan-wook Park
Production: CJ Entertainment
  Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 59 wins & 88 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
144 min
$2,004,919
Website
5,929 Views


She's got me completely flustered.

This is a reference letter

from Lady Minami, my last mistress.

This is Lady Minami's reference letter. Listen carefully.

Dear Miss Izumi Hideko,

Count Fujiwara has informed me

you are in need of a new maid.

A maid is like a pair of chopsticks.

When its' presence is there it's ignored, but when its not really there you feel something missing.

Do you like this place?

This place is somber, there's barely any sunlight.

because Uncle won't permit it.

Sunlight causes books to fade.

You probably wouldn't like a dark and somber place like this.

Do you not have any formality?

I'll take my leave.

I always get headaches when it's time for me to read.

Help me read this.

What?

My goodness, thank you

Lady Minami

has praised me so well.

Is that so?

Miss you are Japanese.

But why aren't you speaking Japanese?

It's a bother.

All the books Uncle makes me read are in Japanese.

So help read it for me.

Dear Miss Izumi Hideko,

Count Fujiwara has informed me

you are in need of a new maid.

Maids are like spoons... an I mean...

like chopsticks....

Or is it spoons?

I don't know how to read, Miss.

At all?

What about the Korean alphabet?

This is your name.

Don't know your name either?

You can learn the alphabet.

You can even curse at me or steal things from me.

But please don't lie to me.

Understand?

Yes, Mistress.

It's my mother.

What a very beautiful lady!

What about me?

Am I also beautiful?

Everyone tells me I'm not as beautiful as my mother.

I heard from Count Fujiwara...

You've met him before?

What?

No, I haven't.

But my aunt...

She's the one who told me.

My Aunt was his nanny.

What has he said about me?

He says that he can't help but think of your beautiful face before sleeping.

Why does he think about it before sleeping?

What happened to your feet?

I don't have anywhere to go.

When I moved to Korean when I was 5, I never left.

But if you wear new shoes, the steps you take are all the same.

These shoes seem to fit you.

It's time for me to go practice.

I'll go alone.

What?

It's still raining.

At noon, come knock on the door.

Understand?

See you late-

What are these?

This is....

The former Mistress' house is so big. Why would she?

Maybe the house was too big so she went insane?

My new maid.

Snake... Snake.

Don't take another step.

You need to remember.

The snake is the limit.

A snake.

The Count?

Today?

So that's why you told me to go bathe.

My aunt said when you hear that guests will come, drop everything and go bathe the children.

The guests like the smell of a clean baby.

Miss, you are my baby.

My aunt also said, give the babies candy when they bathe.

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