The Housemaid

Original title: Hanyeo

2010
18
1h 47m

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6.4/10

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A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to dark consequences.A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to dark consequences.A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to dark consequences.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

13K

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Awards
- 15 wins & 11 nominations total

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Jeon Do-yeon

Eun-yi Li
(as Do-youn Jeon)

Lee Jung-jae

Hoon Goh

Youn Yuh-jung

Byung-sik
(as Yuh-jung Youn)

Seo Woo

Hae-ra

Park Ji-young

Hae-ra's Mother

Ahn Seo-hyun

Na-mi
(as Seo-hyun Ahn)

Hwang Jung-min

Eun-yi's Friend

Moon So-ri

Obstetrician

Kim Jin-ah

Doctor
(as Jin-ah Kim)

Tae-back Chae

Herbal Medicine Shop Doctor

Jeon Sin-hwan

Chief Secretary

Sang-min Noh

Driver

Soon-kyu Jang

Security

Yong-jae Cho

Security 2

Hyeon-kyeong Lim

Yoga Instructor
(as Hyun-kyung Lim)

Keum-yun Lee

Old Housemaid

Ji-sun Kim

Young Housemaid 1

Song-yi Han

Young Housemaid 2

Director
- Im Sang-soo
Writers
- Kim Ki-young
- Im Sang-soo
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6/10

After the first hour, it gets boring

You'd better watch the original movie, 'The Housemaid' directed by Ki-Young Kim in 1960, which is one of the first and finest Korean movie I've seen so far. Compared to the original version, The Housemaid (2010) is really deceiving.

The first hour is OK, but then it gets really boring, even though the acting isn't that bad. It's just a pity that such good actors' talent was wasted (see Do-Yeon Jeon in 'Sunshine (2007)' and Jung-Jae Lee in 'New World (2013)').

Not to mention the ending, which reminded me Brian De Palma's 'The Fury', deceiving too.

asabilal
Aug 3, 2013
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Trivia
Around 1 hr 9 min, when Eun-yi is sitting on a bed, in the background is a large piece of art with English words faintly visible on it. The words are a quotation from Nathanael West's novel Miss Lonleyhearts, a work with many themes that mirror those in this movie such as depression, lonliness, drinking, adultery, and physical abuse.

Goofs
The body harness is visible during the hanging.

Quotes
Hae-ra's Mother: With a rich husband, cheating is just part of the package.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010)

Soundtracks
La Mamma Morta
from the opera, "Andrea Chinier"
Performed by Maria Callas
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
By arrangement with Warner Music Korea, a Warner Music Group Company