The Housemaid

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The Housemaid
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 7, 2011
  • Originally Released: 2010
  • Label: IFC Independent Film

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User Ratings: 5,585
THE HOUSEMAID is a lush, chilly entertainment that's a little bit Hitchcock and a little bit Sirk.
Movieline
Jan 18, 2011
[J]uicily watchable from start to over-the-top finish....Im has opted to subvert almost every element of that film's dramatic template.
Variety
May 14, 2010
[S]leek, erotic and suspenseful....The cast is compelling...
Los Angeles Times
Jan 28, 2011
Rating: 3/5 -- Quick to show its characters' skin but less inclined to explore what lies beneath it.
Film Threat
Oct 25, 2011
3 stars out of 4 -- This story is told by writer-director Im Sang-soo with cool, elegant cinematography and sinuous visual movements.
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 2, 2011
THE HOUSEMAID remains compelling mostly for Yun's performance...at times vaguely sinister, at others full of wisdom and quiet resolve.
A.V. Club
Jan 20, 2011
Rating: B -- Exudes a surreal sense of deranged domestic privilege. Full Review
Lessons of Darkness
Apr 17, 2011

Product Description:

A young woman becomes both benefactor and victim of a wealthy family's world of privilege and power in this drama from South Korea. Eun-yi (Jeon Do-yeon) is a beautiful but naïve young woman who is hired by a wealthy family as a housekeeper when their long-time domestic, Byung-sik (Youn Yuh-jung), needs help keeping up with her responsibilities. Hoon (Lee Jung-jae) shares his opulent home with his lovely wife, Hae-ra (Seo Woo), who is expecting a baby, and their daughter. While all seems to be happy between Hoon and Hera, the man of the house is clearly attracted to Eun-yi, and after he seduces her they begin having an affair. Hoon's indiscretion becomes obvious when Eun-yi gets pregnant, but he and his family believe Eun-yi is the one who made a mistake, not Hoon, and before long Hae-ra's mother (Park Ji-young) pays a visit to help the family take care of their dirty laundry. A re-imagining of Kim Ki-young's classic 1960 thriller, HANYO (aka THE HOUSEMAID) was an official selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

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  • Sales Rank: 15,498
  • UPC: 030306978390
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