The Handmaiden - best film at Cannes this year

I enjoy films where someone get's fucked over. And I wasn't disappointed by this exceptional piece of art. I highly recommend spending a little over 2 hours on this movie.

The Handmaiden is the latest film from South Korean director Park Chan-Wook, who also directed Old Boy (if you don't know who this guy exactly is). Not only this film had quite a unique story with great structure, but it held suspense very well and even in the end when I thought there was nothing left to say, they a least throw a joke (which I think was also a nice one by the way).

A known fact is that story is not the only thing that makes a movie. The visuals of this piece were simply breath-taking. Set in both mainly in 1920s Japan, but in an English-like manor (but not really), where the right mix of both cultures somehow creates something beautiful. Production design value was amazing - costumes went through traditional Japanese kimonos to casual people English dresses from 1920s; set design was quite unique but I am not sure something like this would occur in a country like Japan that holds their culture so close (but for the sake of the movie it worked just great, so I'm not really opposed it). No wonder the film's production designer Ryu-Seong-Hi went home from Cannes with an award.

Cinematography cannot be forgotten when it comes to visuals either and I cannot say anything else than about the production design. Award-worthy!

I don't want to give away nothing from the film, so I would rather end and just say that all those 40+ awards and 50+ nominations speak for something. So if you don't know what to watch tonight, then this might just be that.

http://myasiantv.se/movie/the-handmaiden/watch/

-Misha