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Amazon Studios has picked up U.S. rights to iconic Korean director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming lesbian-tinged drama “The Handmaiden.”

The deal was one of a raft of 116 territories pre-sold on the film by CJ Entertainment at this month’s European Film Market.

Inspired by British author Sarah Waters’ original novel “Fingersmith,” “Handmaiden” is Park’s first Korean-language feature as a director since 2009’s “Thirst.”

Park’s adaptation involves a young Korean female pickpocket from the slums, who is hired by a charming con man to join an elaborate scam. She becomes the personal servant of a wealthy Japanese heiress and seduces her.

If you are not living in USA, fear not

Among the other sales were deals with Phantom (Japan), Catchplay (Taiwan), Edko (HK/Macau), Dreamwest (Australia/New Zealand), Bloomsbury (Mongolia), Kurmaca (Turkey), Gutek Film (Poland), Aero Films (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Mozinet (Hungary), AMA (Greece/Cyprus), Koch Media (German-speaking Europe), The Jokers (French-speaking territories) and Swen (Latin America).

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http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/lesbian-handmaiden-attracts-amazon-to-us-rights-deal-1201713672/

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[Puck Beaverton]

Sounds dope. Amazon has been killing it with their film choices lately.

 

[Saraluna]

"lesbian-tinged"? What interesting word choice. I love Park Chan-Wook, though. This is exciting.

 

[evanmisha]

"lesbian-tinged"?

 

[NoRéN]

About 7 years since Thirst? Damn!

Will definitely be on the look out for this.

 

[Dan]

Cool.

About 7 years since Thirst? Damn!

That's kind of a weird marker since he made Stoker and some shorts between Thirst and now.

 

[Beefy]

Who's picked it up for the UK?

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

this picture is so park chan wook....

 

[Grenchel]

I think he is an excellent technician, but his movies can leave me a little cold at times. Always ready for his next movie tho

 

[Angelus Errare]

this picture is so park chan wook....

Is that Kim Min-Hee?

 

[Ridley327]

Amazon is going in hard on films. I'm liking that a lot.

And hey, a new Park Chan-wook film is always cause for celebration.

 

[kingocfs]

Yes please.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Is this the first time Amazon has picked up distribution rights to a foreign film?

I want more.

 

[Moonkid]

Haven't seen Stoker yet, or any of his films past Sympathy for Lady Vengeance for that matter, so I'll try catch this one.

 

[harSon]

Did he write the script for this? Dude's a wonderful director, and has an absolute eye for visuals, but he needs to stay as far away from a pen as possible.

 

[Saraluna]

touché.

 

[Lime]

I can't believe it's been so long since Thirst. Stoker was so disappointing.

Young Gun Chung-hoon Chung is my bread and butter, though. Possibly my favorite cinematographer.

I would kill to watch some of the stuff in an actual cinema, but these things rarely get localized where I live (Oldboy was the exception but I was too young at the time to understand any thing back then).

 

[Ashhong]

You had me at that first picture

So is the movie done and was just being sold? When should we expect to see it?

 

[Dan]

You had me at that first picture

So is the movie done and was just being sold?
When should we expect to see it?

It finished shooting in the fall, I believe. But I don't think it has a South Korean release date yet, so hard to guess on a timetable.

 

[nukedeggs]

Are you serious? Park Chan Wook directed an adaptation of Fingersmith? Sarah Water's Fingersmith?! Now there's two things I love I never imagined would meet. Ever. Like if someone had asked me what I think the likelihood of this happening was a few minutes ago, I would have laughed and told them zero percent.

Also, lol at 'lesbian-tinged'. Fingersmith was definitely more than just 'tinged' with lesbianism, though I wouldn't put it past this movie to tone down on those aspects a little. I hope not, but yeah.

 

[Ashhong]

Are you serious? Park Chan Wook directed an adaptation of Fingersmith? Sarah Water's Fingersmith?! Now there's two things I love I never imagined would meet. Ever. Like if someone had asked me what I think the likelihood of this happening was a few minutes ago, I would have laughed and told them zero percent.

Also, lol at 'lesbian-tinged'. Fingersmith was definitely more than just 'tinged' with lesbianism, though I wouldn't put it past this movie to tone down on those aspects a little. I hope not, but yeah.

I just read the wiki on Fingersmith, and that totally sounds like a Park Chan Wook movie.