Format:
[DVD] (111 Min.)
,
s/w
,
mono
Series Statement:
Korean Film Archive Collection
Uniform Title:
Hanyo
Content:
A consensus pick as one of the top three Korean films of all time, Kim Ki-young's masterpiece "The Housemaid" occupies a place all its own within Golden Age Korean cinema. A domestic thriller that builds in intensity right up until its startling resolution, the film doubles as a manic tour-de-force and a cutting satire of the aspirations and values of modern society. Based on a contemporary news story, the film focuses on a traditional four-member family which has just moved into a two-story home. The husband Dong-shik teaches music to women factory workers, while his wife spends her days at home at the sewing machine, trying to earn enough money to cover the family bills. One day she breaks down from overwork, and Dong-shik asks one of his students to find him a housemaid. However, the maid they hire acts in strange and unpredictable ways, spying on Dong-shik and catching rats with her bare hands. Soon an incident occurs which motivates her to plot a dreadful revenge, and the Confucian order of the household comes crashing down at the hands of the surreptitious housemaid. [www.koreanfilm.org]
Note:
korean. / UT: engl. ; franz. ; japan. ; korean.
Language:
Undetermined
Keywords:
DVD-Video
