The Handmaiden Review

Samantha Ladwig, IGN Movies
Tue, 09/27/2016 - 8:00am

It’s raining. A group of soldiers jog by a small cluster of women huddling under a thin awning, each holding a baby. 1930s colonial Korea, currently under Japanese occupation, looks anything but pleasant. We meet Sook-hee, a seemingly innocent young girl who hands the baby she’s been holding to another set of arms, grabs her suitcase, and heads out into the storm towards a car waiting up the street.

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