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- Benelux to Get Served by THE HANDMAIDEN
- by Pierce Conran / May 13, 2016
- More Sales for New PARK Chan-wook Film Before Cannes Premiere
Just a few days before its world premiere in the Competition lineup of the Cannes Film Festival, PARK Chan-wook’s latest film The Handmaiden has sealed yet another sales deal, this time with Cineaste for Benelux, the region which encompasses Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.This latest sale follows the 116 territories that CJ Entertainment secured for the hotly anticipated thriller during the European Film Market this February in Berlin, which included a high profile pickup by Amazon Studios for North America.Based on the 2002 Sarah Waters novel Fingersmith, The Handmaiden follows a con man who places a young pickpocket on the staff of a wealthy heiress as a housemaid during the Korea’s Japanese Occupation period in the 1930s. The film stars HA Jung-woo (The Yellow Sea, 2010), KIM Min-hee (Right Now, Wrong Then, 2015), CHO Jin-woong (A Hard Day, 2014) and new face KIM Tae-ri, who was selected following an extensive audition process.The Handmaiden marks PARK’s third trip to the Croisette, following Old Boy in 2004, when he won the Grand Prix, and Thirst in 2009, which netted him the Jury Prize. Also screening in Cannes this year are NA Hong-jin’s third film THE WAILING and animator YEON Sang-ho’s live-action debut TRAIN TO BUSAN.
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