This is a remake of a movie from 1960 with the same title. Eun-yi is hired by Ryung-sik to work for a very wealthy family in this drama from Korea. Hae-ra, the wife and mother, is pregnant with twins and they also have a young daughter Nami. The family lives in an opulent home and no expense is spared for wine and food. Both Byung-sik and Eun-yi are treated as servants and not as "real" people. Hae-ra and her husband Hoon seem to be happy but Hoon becomes attracted to Eun-yi. The cold stone center of this household is Mrs. Cho. Eun-yi finds herself up against two women, Mrs. Cho and Hae-ra’s mother. These women have wealth, power and no conscience
This movie really shows how in some instances the world of privilege and power completely separates people from kindness, caring, consideration or any other expression of feeling for others not in the same position. I wanted to ending to be different but I see how it was used to fully illustrate the theme. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
107 min, Drama directed and written by Im Sang-soo with Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee, Yuh-jung Youn, Woo Seo, Ji-young Park, Seo-Hyun Ahn, Jung-min Hwang, So-Ri Moon, Jin-ahKim, Yi-yeong Shim, Tae-back Chae, Sin-hwan Jeon, Sang-min Noh, Soon-kyu Jang, Young-jae Cho.
Note: Imdb 6.4 out of 10 with 8,766 views, 74% critic 52% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Special Note: Filmed in Seoul, South Korea. Worldwide gross for this film was $15,038,301 with $157,961 in the United States.
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