The Handmaiden Page #4

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
6,093 Views


So many buttons

is to let me elated about taking this off?

Unbutton it, pull the string...

You'll see something

so sweet and supple.

If I were a thief

I would've already be reaching to caress it.

Miss, must you really marry your Uncle?

He raised me for this reason.

He knew sooner or later one day will need my inheritance.

There's a famous collector from France

who says he plans to auction off his library in a few days

If successful,

the income from his gold mines are far from enough

If it was me.

I would sell all the books and buy gold, not sell gold and buy books.

Right now, the Miss...

doesn't want to recite poetry in front of the bastard trying to get her inheritance.

The Count is making counterfeits

The Miss is waiting till 2 to begin her art lessons.

She waits and waits.

What a pity...

To think a fake Count like him can steal her heart

Count

I'm very sorry.

It's alright.

This peach....

should I redraw it and make it look more realistic?

Realistic?

Only if you stop looking at it as a plain object

Meaning perspective must be considered

For example, the peach is very juicy

Right in front of you, you're afraid

seeing the deeper meaning penetrate your inner most thoughts

Let's stop here for today.

Seems its ripe.

That fast?

Damn.

Do you know?

That ever since the Count's arrival, you've began to blush more often?

Me?

How did your mother pass away?

Not long after giving birth to me.

She went and hun-

Ah no...

Hung herself? Like my aunt.

Yes, that's right.

But before she passed away, she must've often hugged you.

Right?

My mother passed away shortly after giving birth to me.

That's why it's no different than me killing her.

It would've been better if I wasn't born.

It's not a child's fault for being born

If she was still here

your mother would say

"I'm so lucky to have given birth to you before I died"

"I'm not burdened at all"

Did my mother cry before getting hanged?

Your mother.

has stolen a thousand times and only got caught once.

And because of that, died.

You ask if she cried?

No, she laughed.

Said she was very lucky to have been able to give birth to you before dying.

I wasn't burdened at all.

Please sit here for a bit.

I will go and pick mushrooms.

I'll make you hotpot tonight.

You don't like hotpot?

Let me come too.

I'll be back soon.

Before the rain.

Well done.

Oh, what a coincidence.

May I sit?

The Miss is sitting so shyly.

This conman is taking advantage of her.

The servants leave

to give the two privacy

The plan is going well, Sook-Hee.

Everyone is playing their part.

Damn.

You know, servants can't go in and out as they please!

Hey.

It would've been better if I hadn't come here.

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