SUN, OCT 30, 8:30p:
Miami Premiere Engagement!
Best of Cannes Film Festival
(Winner: Best Artistic Contribution)
THE HANDMAIDEN
(Agassi)
Directed by PARK CHAN-WOOK/South Korea/2016/2hrs, 24mins.
From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and Stoker, comes a ravishing new crime drama. Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of two women - a young Japanese Lady living on a secluded estate, and a Korean woman who is hired to serve as her new handmaiden, but is secretly plotting with a conman to defraud her of a large inheritance. Inspired by the novel Fingersmith by British author Sarah Waters, The Handmaiden borrows the most dynamic elements of its source material and combines it with Park Chan-wook’s singular vision to create an unforgettable viewing experience.
(In Korean with English subtitles)
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Best Artistic Contribution
“SEXY AND TWISTY AND SO COMPELLING”-Buzzfeed
"RAVISHING. Director Park Chan-wook’s most delectable narrative feature in years."- Justin Chang, LA Times
“LURIDLY MEZMERIZING”-Maggie Lee, Variety
"All the best things about Asian cinema, rolled into one."
-Allison Willmore, The Hollywood Reporter
"HUGELY ENJOYABLE. Park has crafted such a marvelous playground that it’s easy to just embrace the atmospheric proceedings as the deviant scheming continues to thicken from multiple directions."-Eric Kohn, Indiewire
