The Handmaiden (2016)

Park Chan-wook · 145 min · Letterboxd ↗

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.

The Handmaiden screens once in London: Prince Charles Cinema, Monday 11 January at 12:15.