The Handmaiden
For readers who like their adaptations a little dangerous, this one doesn’t play nice. At this special Book Club screening of Park Chan-wook’s (NO OTHER CHOICE, OLDBOY) THE HANDMAIDEN, you’ll get a free bookmark passport with a custom sticker to track your novel-to-screen journey. Whether you’ve been collecting since your first stop or this is your initiation, join us and see how Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith transforms under the unique vision of director Park. Shifting loyalties, hidden identities, and carefully laid schemes unfold between Lady Hideko and her handmaiden Sook-hee. You’ll never hear the jingling of bells the same way again.
Available Screenings1 venue
Laredo, TX1 venue
Austin, TX1 venue
Boston, MA1 venue
Chicago, IL1 venue
Dallas, TX1 venue
Denver, CO1 venue
Indianapolis, IN1 venue
Los Angeles, CA1 venue
Minneapolis, MN1 venue
Naples, FL1 venue
New York, NY1 venue
Omaha, NE1 venue
Raleigh, NC1 venue
San Antonio, TX1 venue
San Francisco, CA1 venue
Yonkers, NY1 venue
St. Louis, MO1 venue
Cast
Kim Min-hee
Lady Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
Uncle Kouzuki
Kim Hae-sook
Ms. Sasaki
Moon So-ri
Hideko's Aunt
Lee Yong-nyeo
Bok-soon
Kwak Eun-jin
Kkeut-dan
About The Handmaiden
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.
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The Handmaiden is screening in Laredo, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas. Visit the individual screening pages above for exact venue details, dates, and how to get passes.
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