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The Housemaid (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date: January 21, 2011 (NY)
January 28, 2011 (LA)
On DVD: June 7, 2011
Genre: Foreign, Suspense
Director: Im Sang-soo
Writer: Im Sang-soo, Kim Ki-young
Cast: Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae, Seo Woo, Park Ji-young, Yun Yeo-jong
Studio: IFC Films
Running Time: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: Unrated

Eun-yi (Cannes Best Actress winner Jeon Do-youn of SECRET SUNSHINE) is hired as a nanny in an impossibly lavish mansion by businessman Hoon (Lee Jung-jae) and his very pregnant wife, Hae-ra (Seo Woo). When Hoon callously seduces the young maid, she becomes the unwitting victim in a battle of wills between him and the scheming women of the house-Hae-ra, her villainous mother (Park Ji-young), and their seemingly loyal but increasingly bitter housekeeper (Yun Yeo-jong). Intensely...

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Review by Nathan Samdahl (B)

With The Housemaid, Korean director Im Sang-soo establishes himself as a director to watch, both in the Asian market and here in the United States.  The Housemaid is a sexy, taut, slow-burner of a film that keeps the audience on edge from start to finish. 

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