London Korean Film Festival 2021

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The Housemaid The Housemaid
The Housemaid and Canola
The Bacchus Lady (Jug-yeo-ju-neun Yeo-ja) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2016; Director: Lee Je-yong; Writer: Lee Je-yong; Stars: Youn Yuh-jung, Chon Mu-song, Yoon Kye-sang)
A sex worker solicits older men in public parks by offering them bottles of Bacchus energy drink.
Canola (Country: South Korea; Year: 2016; Director: Chang; Stars: Youn Yuh-jung, Kim Go-eun, Lee Seul-bi)
Many years after a little girl's disappearance, a teenager arrives at her grandmother's home,, claiming to be her, but something doesn't feel right.
A Good Lawyer’s Wife (Country: South Korea; Year: 2003; Director: Im Sang-soo; Stars: Youn Yuh-jung, Hwang Jung-min, Moon So-ri)
Two women who have given up their lives to support others are trying to find their own directions when tragedy strikes.
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.
Woman Of Fire (Country: South Korea; Year: 1971; Director: Kim Ki-young; Stars: Youn Yuh-jung, Nam Koong Won, Jeon Gye-hyeon)
A maid sets out to ruin the family she's working for so that she can marry the wealthy, weak-willed husband.
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