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Palm Springs International Film Festival 2024

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The Housemaid The Housemaid
The Housemaid and Oasis
The Handmaiden (Agassi) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2016; Director: Park Chan-wook; Writer: Based on Sarah Waters' Fingersmith; Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Kim Min-hee, Jo Jin-woong, Kim Tae Ri)
A handmaiden sets out to swindle an heiress but things don't go to plan.
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The Housemaid (Hanyo) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Im Sang-soo; Writer: Im Sang-soo, Kim Ki-young; Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-Jae, Ahn Seo-Hyeon), Official Site, Trailer
Remake of the 1960 classic about a man's affair with the family's servant.
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Oasis (Country: South Korea; Year: 2002; Director: Lee Chang-dong; Writer: Lee Chang-dong; Stars: Moon So-ri, Seol Kyeong-gu, Ahn Nae-sung)
An ex-con suffering from mental illness falls for a woman with cerebral palsy.
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2003; Director: Kim Ki-duk; Writer: Kim Ki-duk; Stars: Ki-duk Kim, Yeong-su Oh, Jong-ho Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo, Yeo-jin Ha)
A Buddhist monk patiently raises a boy, but as he grows up, the boy finds himself attracted to the pleasures of the material world.
Sunny (Sseo-ni) (Year: 2011; Director: Kang Hyeong-Cheol; Writer: Kang Hyeong-Cheol; Stars: Yu Ho-jeong, Sim Eun-Kyeong, Jin Hee-kyung, Kim Min-yeong), Official Site
Train To Busan Train To Busan
Train To Busan and The Handmaiden
Train To Busan (Country: South Korea; Year: 2016; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho; Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-Mi, Ma Dong Seok, Kim Su-An, Sohee), Trailer
A train journey is complicated by the presence of the living dead.
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