• The Handmaiden (2016)

  ★★★★★ ♥ Watched Wednesday, May 7

  Passion, deception, betrayal, and greed are just some of what one can construe from Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, a erotic period piece taken straight out of a Victorian crime novel. The narrative will immediately grab the viewer while fiercely weaving them in and out a cleverly and mischievous game of trickery involving various many sordid sexual affairs. Park Chan-wook gorgeously illustrates the complicated relationships between gender roleplay, conflicting identities, and paychological dualities, preying upon the cultural and societal oppression of the players with his technical mastery.

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