The Housemaid (DVD) Standard Edition

Im Sang-soo's sleek and devastating remake of Kim Ki-young's 1960 classic, THE HOUSEMAID is a film of cool surfaces concealing boiling passions. Eun-yi (Jeon Do-yeon) takes a job as a maid in the household of a wealthy family. The husband begins an affair with her - and when his wife discovers it, the power games escalate rapidly and lethally. Stylishly shot, darkly funny and genuinely shocking, the film transforms a domestic drama into a surgical dissection of class, desire and cruelty.Jeon Do-yeon, one of South Korea's greatest screen presences, is mesmerising in the lead role, supported by a cast that includes Youn Yuh-jung (Minari, Parasite). THE HOUSEMAID competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2010. Presented on DVD from Axiom Films.