I saw this film about two months ago. I thought it was really good, perhaps a tad pretentious in all the flashbacks and back stabs, but that's what makes it such a good film. I think it should at least be nominated in the Foreign Film category for the Oscars. I saw it at the Art House theater near where I live. It was a Tuesday night. The time had just changed so the days were getting shorter and daylight only lasted until about 5:30 in the evening. I've been hosting an Indie Film night now for almost two years. There was a member of the group there and we talked about the film afterwards. We both agreed that it was a good film. The film is rather sexually explicit. It veers into softcore. And it reminded me of Blue is the Warmest Color, a French film about young lesbians who fall in love hard. That film leaves little to the imagination. Neither does The Handmaiden. Yet I really enjoyed the film. So many turns and twists in the story. It went from one person's perspective to another's then bakc to that person then on to another. I thought it worked well. I wasn't confused at all.
I hope the film gets some awards. I'll probably watch it again sometime.
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