The Handmaiden

Starts Saturday November 19th!

From acclaimed Cannes, Fantasia, and Venice Film Fest award winner, Park Chan Wook, director of Oldboy, Thirst, and Stoker!

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle. 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 the two women discover an unexpected attraction.

Cannes – Winner: Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist (Production Designer), and nominated for the Palme d’Or an the Queer Palm awards!