And what delirious action it is’ – Vogue. The Handmaiden is based on Sarah Waters’s acclaimed 2002 novel Fingersmith, but Park shifts the action from Victorian England to a fabulous-looking 1930s Korea that’s ruled by the Japanese. This breathless feminist thriller has the refined style of an art film but offers the disreputable fun of a guilty pleasure. ‘The Handmaiden, the mesmerising new movie by the spectacularly talented South Korean director Park Chan-wook. ‘Sarah Waters’s novel Fingersmith has had a lavish and almost operatically spectacular adaptation by Korea’s unparalleled auteur Park Chan-wook’ – Guardian Please enable JavaScript to view this page properly. ‘Park has conjured up not only his smartest but also his most stirring film to date’ – New Yorker 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. Listen to Radio Four’s Film Programme on Thursday 14th April 2017, where Sarah Waters will be discussing The Handmaiden. The film was awarded Best Foreign Picture and Best Production Design by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, after being nominated for the 2016 Palme d’Or. The New York Times chose The Handmaiden as one of their top ten picks of 2016 and the Guardian US placed the film ninth in its list of the fifty best films of 2016. Read an interview with Sarah Waters for The Guardian here. The Handmaiden, inspired by Sarah Waters’ best-selling novel Fingersmith, is in cinemas nationwide from April 14th.
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