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Park Chan-wooks The Handmaiden is a sensual and meticulously crafted psychological thriller set in Japanese-occupied Korea. A young con woman and a wealthy heiress become entangled in deception, desire, and betrayal in a tale of class, identity, and erotic manipulation. Mixing period drama, lesbian romance, and visual excess, its a masterpiece of suspense and style. Från IMDB: In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her fortune. Detta är en importfilm. De har oftast inte svensk text
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The Handmaiden (2016)
145 min
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, 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 steal her fortune.