2010 03 09 - SFS - The Housemaid / Hanyo
World Cinema Series: The Housemaid / Hanyo
What Often cited in the list of the top Korean films of all time, The Housemaid by Kim Ki-young is one of the most notorious and influential films from the Golden Age of Korean cinema.
When 9 March 2010 (Tuesday), 7:30 pm
Where National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre
93 Stamford Road Singapore 178897
Admission Free admission but members only -- flash your membership card to go in. You may bring up to 2 guests if you hold a SFS Reel membership card. Non-members may sign up online or at the door -- we will issue membership on the spot. No tickets will be sold. Free seating.
Dir: Kim Ki-young
1960 | South Korea | 111 min | 35mm | Rating to be advised
In Korean with English subtitles
Often cited in the list of the top Korean films of all time, The Housemaid by Kim Ki-young is one of the most notorious and influential films from the Golden Age of Korean cinema.
When Dong-shik, a piano teacher decides to employ a housemaid to look after his two young children and help his overworked wife, the family’s dream of a comfortable middle-class existence disintegrates into a waking nightmare.
Bizarre, totally unpredictable and years ahead of its time, the film has been described a horror film, domestic melodrama and psychological thriller, often in the same breath. But beneath its brilliant genre manipulation lies also a cutting criticism of the encroachment of materialism and Western culture in post-war Korea society that seems more relevant today than ever.
The Housemaid will be presented on a new 35mm print restored by the Korean Film Archive with support from the World Cinema Foundation. Special thanks to Kim Dong-won, Billy Choi, Sowon Choi, Denise Hwang, Korean Film Archive, and Korean Film Council.
What Often cited in the list of the top Korean films of all time, The Housemaid by Kim Ki-young is one of the most notorious and influential films from the Golden Age of Korean cinema.
When 9 March 2010 (Tuesday), 7:30 pm
Where National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre
93 Stamford Road Singapore 178897
Admission Free admission but members only -- flash your membership card to go in. You may bring up to 2 guests if you hold a SFS Reel membership card. Non-members may sign up online or at the door -- we will issue membership on the spot. No tickets will be sold. Free seating.
Dir: Kim Ki-young
1960 | South Korea | 111 min | 35mm | Rating to be advised
In Korean with English subtitles
Often cited in the list of the top Korean films of all time, The Housemaid by Kim Ki-young is one of the most notorious and influential films from the Golden Age of Korean cinema.
When Dong-shik, a piano teacher decides to employ a housemaid to look after his two young children and help his overworked wife, the family’s dream of a comfortable middle-class existence disintegrates into a waking nightmare.
Bizarre, totally unpredictable and years ahead of its time, the film has been described a horror film, domestic melodrama and psychological thriller, often in the same breath. But beneath its brilliant genre manipulation lies also a cutting criticism of the encroachment of materialism and Western culture in post-war Korea society that seems more relevant today than ever.
The Housemaid will be presented on a new 35mm print restored by the Korean Film Archive with support from the World Cinema Foundation. Special thanks to Kim Dong-won, Billy Choi, Sowon Choi, Denise Hwang, Korean Film Archive, and Korean Film Council.
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