[movie 2010] The Housemaid 하녀

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May 20, 2010

Actor Lee Jeong Jae Plays Marketer in Cannes

Actor Lee Jeong Jae, who took on the role of a homeowner named Hoon in the movie “The Housemaid, 2010,” which has advanced to the competition in the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, visited the film market and drew attention.

Lee visited a booth for Miro Vision, the production company of “The Housemaid,” that was prepared in the film market during the Cannes Film Festival. He exchanged greetings with people nearby and personally introduced the movie to foreign buyers who visited the booth.

Lee Jeong Jae said with a smile, “Is it not good for me if my movie can draw a positive response from foreign buyers in the movie industry? I am very happy to meet overseas buyers who are interested in the movie ‘The Housemaid.’”

Usually, it is a rare case that an actor visits a booth in the film market, so a spokesperson for his agency delivered the news that people in the production company and Pretty Pictures, which is the distributor in France, were surprised to see him and truly appreciated his visit.

Source: KBS Global

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^aww~ that was nice of him :blush:

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Lee Jung-Jae at the gala screening of Poetry (directed by Lee Chang-Dong, starring Yoon Jung-Hee).

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He was also invited to the gala screening of Fair Game (directed by Doug Liman, starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts).

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"The Housemaid" sold to 15 countries at Cannes

2010.05.25

Korean film "The Housemaid" caught the attention of numerous foreign buyers at the Cannes Film Market, selling to a total 15 countries at the event held in time with the Cannes Film Festival.

A press release by Sidus F&H announced that at the Film Market held during the film fest into its 63rd year, the erotic thriller was sold to France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Russia, Israel, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.

Hong Kong's head of Edko Films Ltd. William Kong was one of the first buyers to purchase rights for the film, while this is the first Korean film Italian distributor Fandango has picked up.

Distributor Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Taiwan bought "The Housemaid" for Taiwan. They had acquired the rights for Korean action film "Shiri" 10 years ago.

"The Housemaid," a remake of a Korean classic from the 1960s, is about a young maid who is hired as a housemaid for a wealthy couple and begins to have an affair with the husband.

The modern adaptation, starring 2007 Cannes best actress winner Jeon Do-youn, actor Lee Jung-jae and veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jung, was up for main competition at this year's fest but failed to win an award.

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Lee Jung-Jae and Yoon Yeo-Jung arrive at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on May 25, 2010. (Due to the crowd of reporters and photographers, Jeon Do-Yeon and Im Sang-Soo used another exit.)

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The National Heroes at the Cannes

The great achievements by Korean films at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival caught the world's attention. We met up with the heroes that were honored with awards at the Cannes at the airport. We take you to the premises right now!

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Glamorous Actress Seo Woo getting popular after Cannes film festival

Korea Times

05-27-2010 17:15

Soap operas and films starring glamorous actress Seo Woo, 25, has been spotlighted as attractive ones these days.

The Housemaid directed by Im Sang-soo has remained top in the local box office as of Thursday and is expected to top the 2 million mark this weekend. The film starring Seo Woo was invited to the competition division at the 63rd Cannes international film festival which ended Sunday.

The actress plays a role as Haera, a young wife at a family of high society, competing with veteran actress Jeon Do-yeon who plays the title role, in acting. Seo Woo produces a real-like bed scene with actor Lee Jung-jae, attracting applause from movie-goers. She also plays a ferocious woman without a blink or qualm.

Although The Housemaid joined the international film festival in the competition division, Seo Woo was obliged to give up her first chance of walking the red carpet at Cannes, as she had to shoot a new film drama, "New Cinderella's Sister."

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[10LINE] Korean actress Jeon Do-youn

10Asia (Korean) 2010.05.17 | 10Asia (English) 2010.05.29

Clockwise from top center: actress Lee Hye-young, actress Moon So-ry,director Lee Chang-dong, actor Song Kang-ho, and director Im Sang-soo [10Asia]

Jeon Do-youn

"A friend who says she wants to become like me so badly that she will seal the deal at the risk of her future has only seen the pretty and fancy side to me. It's not difficult to become like me. It's just hard for someone to want to become like you."

- Jeon Do-youn's line from her cameo appearance on SBS TV series "On Air."

About life as an actress. About life as Jeon Do-youn.

Kang Shin-hye

A reporter who worked for teenage magazine Hi-teen in 1990. She encouraged Jeon, who during her senior year in high school went to the magazine to receive a prize from a postcard contest, to become a cover model. Even though this led to Jeon's appearance in a commercial that kicked off her career in the entertainment industry, Jeon she was not thinking about living her life as a celebrity for a long time or succeeding as an actress. At the beginning of her career her strict family criticized her for spending the whole night on "a commercial with only a 15 second appearance."

Choi Yoon-suk

The director who cast Jeon on MBC's "Our Heaven" after seeing her commercial. He also cast her on MBC's "General Hospital." She played a cheerful and assertive character and became popular because of the bickering relationship between her and the late actor Choi Jin-young. She suffered from rumors over her being cast for the show despite not having been an official recruit by the broadcaster and was at the center of controversy for exposing her breast in "General Hospital" because she had played a character who suffers breast cancer. Jeon then went into a state of dejection after the plot of "Our Heaven" turned its focus to the new actors who joined the show after the producer was replaced. However, director Ko Heung-sik and scenarist Park Jung-ran acknowledged newcomer Jeon's potential, convincing her to appear in SBS' "Scent of Love" by saying "an actor has nothing to lose when the director and scenarist show interest in the actor."

Han Suk-kyu

Co-star in movie "The Contact." At the time, newcomer Jeon seemed to be “a proper and polite person with no exceptions.” Jeon is able to secure her position as an actress after the great success of "The Contact." After seeing the scenario for "The Contact," Jeon, who was in a state of "having started up a lot of things which were doing so-so" and "feeling lethargic as an entertainer with no vision," was able to free herself from feeling lethargic. However, without a firm ground as an actress she would feel distressed when talk would be, "Jeon Do-youn is someone who comes out television and isn't an actress." But the story of how a regular telemarketer finds her love through computer communication was the new everyday life the younger generation was living in the 1990s that this Korean movie discovered. And by showing how Jeon naturally acted out everyday situations such as posting memos on the wall or cutting up an envelope with scissors scored her the title of a fresh new female character in the latter half of the 1990s.

Lee Hye-young

Co-actress in film "No Blood No Tears." Jeon, who thought "one of the reasons an actress' career is short-lived is because of the notion that an actress is the pretty one on screen," took on a role in the movie where she and Lee Hye-young play characters who face up against the rough world of men. Jeon was constantly beaten up by her co-star Jeong Jae-young and would sometimes curse. She then played a double role in film "My Mother the Mermaid" and first-handily dove into the ocean for the role as a female diver. Thinking that "there is a limit to what one can show with tears," Jeon starred in different productions including "No Blood No Tears," "My Mother the Mermaid" and "Untold Scandal" which widened her scope of acting while trying "not to play an image that overlaps with her previous roles in melodramas." Her technique also reached the level of full maturity which director Ryoo Seung-Wan of "No Blood No Tears" said, "She calculates the reaction [she needs to show] for a movie with nearly 2,000 cuts." This was the new path that this actress, who said she "started off by hearing 'Jeon Do-youn can act well' instead of 'Jeon Do-youn is pretty'" found when she was around thirty.

Lee Chang-dong

Director of movie "Secret Sunshine." Jeon Do-youn said that she did not have the confidence to act in "Secret Sunshine" after reading the scenario, but director Lee said, "If you said that you were confident about this role then I wouldn't have believed you" and encouraged her. And she won the best actress award at Cannes Film Festival for her role in the movie. Instead of showing off her good acting skills in "Secret Sunshine," she showed acting which falls in line with Lee's words: "Jeon Do-youn, her acting skills are terribly good. Impeccably good. But that is all. So stop trying to act." Through the movie, she kept her facial features which is what the audience recognizes her by but acted as if she had actually lost her child. And Jeon was able to endure the role of a female character who has lost her husband and child, cannot forgive anyone on her own will and someone who could not be easily comforted. It was the kind of acting that only Jeon Do-youn can pull off, not any other actor or actress. Just like movie producer Shim Bo-kyung said -- "I knew that Jeon Do-youn had much more to show us in the future" -- Jeon had stepped into an entirely new territory.

Song Kang-ho

Co-star from "Secret Sunshine." She jumped up from her seat after watching Song Kang-ho's acting in "Memories of Murder" and before "Secret Sunshine" premiered in theaters Song said, "Actor Sul Kyong-gu has the movie 'Peppermint Candy.' Jeon Do-youn has 'Secret Sunshine.'" Both actors maintain their unique characteristics such as their form of speech in most of their works but manage to know how to blend naturally into their films or dramas. Moviegoers are aware that actors Jeon Do-youn and Song Kang-ho were in "Secret Sunshine," yet they concentrated as if the two live within the world that exists within the film. No matter what role they play, their characters are remembered for the fact that they are played by Jeon and Song and their acting continues to gain depth. But for Song, he can star in films such as "Secret Sunshine," "Thirst" and "Secret Reunion" which mix in action and comedy, but it is hard for a Korean actress to find such a production. For an actress like Jeon, the influence she can have on the general public is maximized through her roles in dramas like SBS' "Shoot for the Stars" and "Lovers in Prague" which contain romance throughout. Both actors act very well. The only difference is that they have different genders. However, the gap that difference creates is larger than you think.

Kang Si-kyu

Jeon Do-youn's husband. Jeon, who thinks "You die if love is missing from your life," was going to quit acting after getting married because she thought "marriage is the way to run away from work." However, she decides not to bet her whole life on marriage after thinking there might not be anything outside work she may be able "to be crazy about" and that is when she meets Kang. It was while she was filming "Secret Sunshine" that she became close with Kang. He gave her much comfort when "my devasted inner side unconsciously felt the need to be consoled." Jeon says he is "a guy who is fun but also seems trustworthy and faithful."

Moon So-ry

The first actress that Jeon who "gets into a state of panic in front of pretty women." Both actresses were acknowledged for their undeniable acting skills through Lee Chang-dong's films. But even after, film "Apple" which Moon starred in was not able to be released for a long time and Jeon had a hard time because she was not being handed scripts despite having won best actress as Cannes. Jeon also did not appear on too many TV commercials in consideration of her future acting roles. But Jeon continues to act because "the set is fun" and cried because after meeting veteran actress Hwang Jung-soon, she "felt bad to have moaned that all I have left to do is get married when after my 13-year career, I see no limit to the job of an actor." That is how this actress who had not planned on staying a celebrity for too long and was not greedy to gain more popularity was continuing to pursue her acting career.

Im Sang-soo

Director of movie "The Housemaid." Even after making its premiere, "The Housemaid" is still highly disputed, but it is certain that the film would have not been made without Jeon. Amongst actresses who are as popular as her, it is difficult to find one who will choose such a production nor be so brave about shooting skin-baring scenes. On top of that, she maximizes her characteristic of seeming 'clueless' because she is not knowledgeable about the ways of the world. Through "The Housemaid," Jeon displays what she has accumulated throughout her career in the most extreme way and this film seems like her way of experimenting to see how it will be perceived by the audience. Jeon has always been great but what will she be able to show us after "The Housemaid"?

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Editor : Jang Kyung-Jin three@, Lucia Hong luciahong@

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Korea enjoys second best BO month of 2010

By Patrick Frater, Film Business Asia

Mon, 07 June 2010, 14:10 PM (HKT)

Box Office News

May was the second busiest month of the year at the Korean box office and the performance of a couple of local films did a little check the drift in local market share.

The month saw a total of 13.2 million tickets sold, a big jump from April’s 7.29 million, but still behind January’s busy 16.4 million.

The year to date sees five month ticket sales down 1.5% to 58.4 million but box office receipts up 18% to $457 million. The rise comes chiefly from premium price ticketing for 3-D movies.

Korean films enjoyed 39% of the box office in May, up from March and April’s weak 34%. That kept the year to date local market share at 41% of the total.

Strongest performing local films were The Housemaid (하녀), which was released on 13 May and had scored 2.10 million admissions for a box office of W15.8 billion ($15.7 million). That makes it the fourth biggest Korean film of the year. Also performing in May was the April-released Blades of Blood (구르믈 버서난 달처럼), which has accumulated 1.34 million admissions and W10.1 billion ($10.0 million).

Biggest films of May were Iron Man 2 (released on 29 April through CJ Entertainment CJ엔터테인먼트) with 4.37 million admissions and a gross of W32.2 billion ($31.9 million); Robin Hood (UPI, 1.47 million admissions $10.8 million) and the 3-D How To Train Your Dragon, which earned CJ Entertainment $14.5 million from 1.42 million admissions.

CJ announced that a Dragon sequel has now been green-lighted by its partner DreamWorks and will be on Korean screens in 2013.

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The story between a woman who forgot about her instincts, and a man who succumbs to his desires.

Caught in a lethal temptation, the dangerous relationship between these two people starts right now.

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dramastyle.com has it available for viewing, it's a TV rip (on a private movie channel I presume)

Obviously the movie is not for kids, but I can say everything in this movie is artistic, from the conversational scenes to the sensual erotic parts. It doesn't leave a big impression on me, but it's worth a watch. [7/10]

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Wow they won alot of awards?

where can i watch this with eng sub? does anyone know?

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Sharing mp4 of Housemaid NO ENG SUB!

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213mb, MP4, No english sub, join with HJ Split first

.001, .002, .003

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^Thank you!

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THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR ^

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"The Housemaid" to open in U.S. theaters

2010.07.20

Korean film "The Housemaid" will be shown to U.S. audiences later this year, according to the film's distributor Sidus FNH on Tuesday.

Sidus FNH announced in a press release that production company Miro Vision, which handles overseas distribution for "Housemaid," has closed a U.S. distribution deal with IFC Films on July 16 (U.S. time).

"'The Housemaid' is one of the most entertaining and sexiest thrillers that I have seen in the past couple of years," IFC Entertainment president Jonathan Sehring was quoted as saying. "It is a movie which reconfirms that the world's best filmmaking is happening in Korea."

IFC also revealed plans to show the Jeon Do-youn starrer at major film festivals in North America, starting with the Toronto Film Festival which will be held in September. The film will be released in U.S. theaters sometime around the end of this year or early next year.

"Housemaid" will also be pushing for a possible Golden Globe or Academy Award nomination, IFC said.

IFC Films specializes in showing independent films to the public via Sundance Channel and Independent Film Channel as well as its online and offline distribution networks throughout the country.

It had previously distributed several Korean pics such as "Secret Sunshine", "The Chaser" and "The Good, The Bad, The Weird."

"Housemaid," a remake of a 1960s classic erotic thriller, premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in May, where it swept up six deals at the film market. The pic stars 2007 Cannes best actress award-winner Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae and veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jung.

The film, about a young maid who comes to work for a wealthy couple and starts having an affair with the husband, attracted over 2.3 million viewers in Korea during its local release earlier this year.

The pic is scheduled for release in major Asian cities including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore in early September, and will open at a hundred theaters in France on September 15.

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Related links:

[Screen Daily] Mirovision sells The Housemaid to IFC

[Variety] IFC picks up S. Korea's 'Housemaid'

[Hollywood Reporter] IFC Films books 'The Housemaid'

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Official Website: tiff.net

July 28, 2010

Korean pics "Housemaid," "Devil" invited to Toronto film fest

Reporter: Lucia Hong Editor: Jessica Kim

Korean films "The Housemaid" and "I Saw the Devil" have been invited to this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada, according to the official website of the fest on Wednesday.

"Housemaid," about a young maid hired to work for a wealthy family, will be screened for the first time ever in North America under the Galas program of the fest. The category recognizes films that are noteworthy of winning awards and are making their world or North American premiere.

The officials from the festival explained that "Housemaid" takes a satirical look on class structure, comparing the picture to "La ceremonie" by famed French director Claude Chabrol.

Miro Vision, which handles the overseas distribution for "Housemaid," had recently closed a US distribution deal with IFC Films to release the film overseas sometime around the end of this year or early next year.

The pic, a remake of a 1960s classic erotic thriller by late director Kim Ki-young, premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in May, where it also swept up six deals at its film market.

The modern adaptation helmed by Im Sang-soo, stars 2007 Cannes best actress award-winner Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae and veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jung.

Korean thriller "I Saw the Devil" has been invited to the Canadian film event under the Special Presentations segment, where major films from famous directors are shown.

"Devil" is helmed by noted filmmaker Kim Ji-woon, whose previous movies include "A Bittersweet Life" (2005) and "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008), and stars top Korean actors Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik.

The action thriller pic, which will premiere in local theaters on August 11, is about a secret agent (Lee) who plots revenge against a serial killer (Choi) who killed his fiancee.

The Toronto International Film Festival, a ten day event, is a non-competitive public film festival to run from September 9 to 19 this year.

Reporter: Lucia Hong luciahong @ Editor: Jessica Kim jesskim @ <Ⓒ 10Asia All rights reserved> 10Asia

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August 27, 2010

"The Housemaid" invited to film festival in Chicago

Reporter: Lucia Hong Editor: Jessica Kim

Posters of Korean erotic thriller "The Housemaid" [sidus F & H]

Korean director Im Sang-soo's modern adaptation of "The Housemaid" has been invited to this year's Chicago International Film Festival, according to the official website of the fest on Friday.

"Housemaid," about a young woman who is hired to work for a wealthy family and begins to have an affair with the man of the household, will be screened at the 46th Chicago film fest alongside other international movies from October 7 to 21.

The Korean erotic thriller, a remake of the classic 1960s film by Kim Ki-young, stars 2007 Cannes best actress award-winner Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae and veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jung.

The film has competed at the Cannes Film Festival in May and will be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

It is scheduled to be released in several major countries overseas including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and France in September as well as in the United States later this year.

"The Housemaid" attracted over 2.3 million moviegoers which totals to about 17 billion Korean won since its opening in local theaters on May 13.

The Chicago International Film Festival has been held every October since 1965, aiming to introduce Chicago and the world to new filmmakers, stories and movies. In 2003, they created the International Connections Program to appeal to various ethnicities and bring culture and diversity to the event.

Reporter: Lucia Hong luciahong @ Editor: Jessica Kim jesskim @ <Ⓒ 10Asia All rights reserved>10Asia

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New York Korean Film Festival

http://www.koreanfilmfestival.org/films/241-the-housemaid

106 min. 2010. Written and directed by Im Sang Soo.

Wed Sept 22: 6:30PM (MoMA)

Thurs Sept 23: 4:30PM (MoMA)

Fri Oct 1: 6:50PM (BAM)

What a house the maid has to clean: the film features the largest set ever built in Korea. But that’s the least of her worries.The family she has to serve demands attention in many ways, not all of them in her job description. This continuously surprising erotic melodrama about class and privilege—freely adapted from Kim Ki-young's 1960 film of the same title—features both a top notch cast and a climax that won’t be easily forgotten. New York Premiere.

With Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-jae, Seo Woo, Yun Yeo-jung

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YesAsia Editorial Description

Kim Ki Young's 1960 classic The Housemaid is widely regarded as one of the best Korean films ever made. Fifty years later, acclaimed filmmaker Im Sang Soo brings the thriller to screen again with a highly anticipated remake that has garnered both critical acclaim and huge box office. Invited to the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals, the 2010 retelling of The Housemaid magnifies the lust, manipulation, and domestic power struggle of the original into a full-blown erotic psycho-thriller. While Kim Ki Young's Housemaid saw the unraveling of a middle-class family in the hands of a femme fatale maid, Im reverses and subverts the story by sending an innocent housemaid into the lion's lair and witnessing her abuse and transformation amid the cold and cavernous beauty of the palatial mansion.

Award-winning actress Jeon Do Yeon stars as poor divorcee Eun Yi, who gladly signs on to work as a nanny and housemaid for a wealthy, upper-crust family. In her naive eyes, the rich and handsome Hoon (Lee Jung Jae, Typhoon), his pregnant wife Hae Ra (Seo Woo, Paju), and adorable daughter (Ahn Seo Hyun) make the picture-perfect family. But that myth is soon shattered when the domineering Hoon finds his way to her bed. Their torrid affair upsets the balance of the household, unleashing a cruel power struggle as Hae Ra, her mother (Park Ji Young), and the head housekeeper (Yoon Yeo Jung) all answer with their own calculated measures.

This edition comes with audio commentary and a bonus disc containing 76 minutes of special features including making of, character featurettes, Cannes Film Festival, outtakes, trailers, and more.

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She's on a roll!!

Maria Honorifica Award (for outstanding career achievement), Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (accepted at PIFF)

Best Supporting Actress, Icheon Chunsa Film Festival

Best Supporting Actress, Buil Film Awards

Best Supporting Actress, Grand Bell Awards

Best Supporting Actress, Korea Film Awards

Best Supporting Actress, Blue Dragon Film Awards

Best Actress, Cinemanila International Film Festival