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The Handmaiden

★★★★☆  film

The Handmaiden

A Korean confidence man, a Japanese heiress, and a plot that folds back on itself twice, each reversal quietly ceding the power to the women. Park Chan-wook spins revenge, desire and legerdemain into something very close to silk.

what it left me with

The story you are handed about your own life is frequently a con. The twist is discovering that it can be rewritten, provided you recruit the right accomplice.

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