![]() ![]() Most important, the film has been celebrated for advancing representations of queer romance that are close to nonexistent in Korean mainstream cinema. Korean film experts and audiences alike responded favorably to the film's narrative focus on the two women leads, whose shrewdness eventually outwit the ploy of the male characters. In 2016 alone, The Handmaiden was sold to over 175 countries and recently found more popularity as it debuted on streaming services across the world. ![]() It was released in South Korea in 2016 and selected for the Cannes Film Festival as well as the Palme d'Or. Rather than the Victorian-era Britain setting of the novel, the film opts for Japanese-occupied Korea as the backdrop for a scam turned queer love story. The Handmaiden (original Korean title: "Ah-ga-ssi," denoting lady in Korean) is a South Korean film based on Sarah Waters's novel The Fingersmith. ![]()
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