A sexy Korean thriller will screen as part of the Bermuda International Film Festival monthly film series.
The hired help is caught up in a rich family’s web of intrigue, in ‘The Housemaid’.
The film was a favourite at this year’s Cannes, Toronto and Fantastic Fest film festivals.
The film is a remake of a classic Korean thriller of 50 years ago.
Said a BIFF spokesman: “Eun-yi is an innocent young woman, who is hired as an upper class family housemaid, and is tasked to take care of the family’s small daughter and her pregnant mother, Hae-ra. Eu Byung-sik is an older housemaid who has been with this family for a long time and holds many secrets.
But soon enough, the master of the house, Hoon, takes advantage of his social position by slipping into the new housemaid’s bed. Hoon’s visits become frequent and Byung-sik reports the affair to Hae-ra’s mother Mi-hee, who plots to give Hae-ra the control over her husband.
“Eun-yi becomes the unwitting victim in a series of traps laid by the women of the house. Eun-yi’s already fragile mental condition takes a turn for the worse and she decides to take the matter into her own hands. Intensely erotic and fiendishly entertaining, The Housemaid builds to an unforgettable climax as Eun-yi must outwit them and escape their schemes to protect her sanity and her life from the vicious family.”
The film screens at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on April 20, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.tickets.biff.bm or at the door on the day from 5.30pm . Admission is $9 for BIFF members; $13 for non-members.
For inquiries e-mail programming[AT]biff.bm or call 293-3456.
To view the film trailer: www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4069432089/.
