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IMDb rating 8.1
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Critic rating 8.6

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Priscilla Silva
rated 5

I loved it I really like it

1 year ago
Critic Matt Zoller Seitz
rated 10

...all of its disparate pieces are assembled with such care, and the characters written and acted with such psychological acuity, that you rarely feel as if the writer-director is rubbing the audience’s nose...

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Benjamin Lee
rated 8

...this film is simmering with genuine sexual tension. There’s explicit sex but more importantly, there’s longing, affection and intimac...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Andrew Lowry
rated 10

...a dazzlingly complex psycho-sexual thriller where names and identities shift as often as outward allegiances.

Read full review at Empire
Cielo Karelyz Veliz Moreno
rated 10

Hermosa

5 months ago
Critic Kenneth Mcneil
rated 8

Park Chan-wook er ikke bange for at ty til store twists og bombastiske skift i tone, men takket være et mesterligt greb om filmsproget, bliver det aldrig forceret.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Daniel Skov Madsen
rated 10

De utallige overraskelser og den præcise historiefortælling holdt mig på kanten af sædet i alle filmens 144 minutter.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Hynek Pallas
rated 8

Imponerande erotisk thriller.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter

Cast & Crew

Park Chan-wook
Director
Shinsuke Fujimoto
As Japanese Officer
Cho Jin-woong
As Uncle Kouzuki
Ha Jung-woo
As Count Fujiwara
Moon So-ri
As Aunt of Noble Lady

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In 1930s Korea, a young woman named Sookee is hired as a handmaiden to a wealthy Japanese heiress, Hideko. However, Sookee has a secret: she's actually a pickpocket working with a con man who poses as a Japanese count. They plan to seduce Hideko and steal her fortune, but things don't go as planned when Sookee develops feelings for Hideko. As their relationship deepens, the power dynamics between the two women shift, leading to unexpected consequences. This erotic thriller explores themes of deception, desire, and oppression in occupied Korea.

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