SUN OCT 2, 2022 11:00am Master of Cinema: A Tribute to Park Chan-wook $15.00 MUBI Theatre at the Aero | Beyond Fest 2022 Triple-Feature Marathon: SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, LADY VENGEANCE and THE HANDMAIDEN Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILMS SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, 2002, Kino Lorber, 129 minutes, South Korea, Dir. Park Chan-wook Unable to afford proper care for his sister dying from kidney failure, Ryu turns to the black market to sell his own organs, only to end up cheated of his life savings. His girlfriend urges Ryu to kidnap the daughter of wealthy industrialist Dong-jin , who recently laid him off. Ryu agrees, but unforseen tragedies turn an innocent con into a merciless quest for revenge. FORMAT: 35mm LADY VENGEANCE, 2005, Kino Lorber, 115 minutes, South Korea, Dir. Park Chan-wook After being wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young child, a beautiful young woman (Lee Young-ae) is imprisoned for 13 years and forced to give up her own daughter. While in prison she gains the respect and loyalty of her fellow cellmates, all the while plotting her vendetta on the man responsible(Choi Min-Sik). Upon her release she sets in motion an elaborate plan of retribution, but what she discovers is a truth so horrifying, even revenge doesn’t seem punishment enough. FORMAT: 35mm THE HANDMAIDEN, 2016, Amazon Studios / Magnolia Pictures, 145 minutes, South Korea, Dir. Park Chan-wook From visionary director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy and Stoker) comes The Handmaiden, a sumptuous and exhilarating period thriller inspired by Sarah Waters’ best-selling novel ‘Fingersmith’. Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, a young handmaiden named Sookee (Kim Tae-ri) is hired by Hideko (Kim Min-hee), a reclusive heiress who lives in a sprawling mansion under the watchful eye of her domineering Uncle Kouzuki (Cho Jin-woong). But Sookee harbors a secret: she has been recruited by Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo), a scheming con artist posing as a Japanese Count, to trick Hideko into entrusting him with her fortune. However, when Sookee and Hideko begin to develop unexpected emotions for each other, they start putting together a plan of their own. With breathtaking visuals, grandiose set design and frenzied humor, The Handmaiden is one of the year’s most anticipated films – an opulent and labyrinthine tale of deception, romance and triple-crossing FORMAT: DCP