The Housemaid gets U.S. release
by girlfriday
IFC Films picked up North American distribution rights for The Housemaid, which debuted at Cannes in May and has sold over 2.3 million tickets in Korea since its release.
The erotic thriller by director Im Sang-soo is a remake of the classic 1960 film, and stars Jeon Do-yeon as the titular housemaid who seduces Lee Jung-jae away from his pretty young bride, Seo Woo. Things don’t pan out exactly how the maid would like, so she takes her own kind of revenge. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t need much more than this to seal the deal for me. Sold.
The film’s producer and president of Mirovision, Jason Chae, said, “We’re extremely happy to find IFC as the North American home for our film. We’ve always been impressed by IFC’s passion for Korean landmark films and this is an honorable deal.”
IFC has introduced films such as Secret Sunshine (also starring Jeon Do-yeon),The Chaser, and The Good, The Bad, The Weird to North American audiences in the last few years, and has been championing Korean films to gain a wider audience.
Mirovision is eager to set their sights high on the Oscars and the Golden Globes, with IFC’s bid come award season.
The film is a success domestically, and Mirovision also sold the rights to Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Italy, Australia and Greece, and the film will be released in France on September 15.
IFC is planning for a North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, after which the film will spend a few months in the festival circuit, before hitting theaters in the U.S. early next year.
Via DongA, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety
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1 Barbara Starks
July 24, 2010 at 7:12 AM
That great I'm looking forward too this movie, I'm a fan of the main casts. I think it would do great in the U.S it's has everything that appeal to diverse American cultures.
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2 jully moue
July 24, 2010 at 7:21 AM
heh. i went to see the hot bod pic again. woooo~
when it comes to singapore, i wanna watch, lets hope its not limited to above 21.
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3 http://kpop7.com
July 24, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Looking forward to watching this, i loved The Chaser so i'm expecting a lot :)
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4 maria
July 24, 2010 at 7:47 AM
gahd, that picture of lee jung jae was just... it brings me back to a moment of braindeadiness, i can't... i can't even. O_o
but yeah. SOOOOLD a bajillion times over!!!!
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5 ivy_factiva
July 24, 2010 at 7:49 AM
whoa yes! rights sold to singapore. haha, fortunately, unlike for shu (above), i don't need to worry about the film ratings since i'm finally of age! just need to worry about the 'revenge' plot being too much for me, since i've kind of got a weak heart for thrillers/suspense & horror
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6 glencorajane
July 24, 2010 at 8:11 AM
The second poster has such a noir feel.
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7 Leonardswench
July 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM
Really, GF, a little disappointed that we didn't get a re-posting, just a link, to the LJJ 'furor' pic. Still, the look back at the pic made my Saturday .......
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8 langdon813
July 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM
My lazy self just got out of bed, so this was VERY nice to wake up to! Thanks JB!
:-D
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9 paula253
July 24, 2010 at 8:27 AM
haven't you all saved The Pic to your computer so you can droo, er, gaze at LJJ any time you like? ^^
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10 theebby01
July 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Hey you guys know where I can watch this online?
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11 jeanie65jh
July 24, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Just clicked on the 'this' link. ~ guh!! .... I wonder if this is as good as Lust/Caution. I'm definitely going to check it out.
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12 Christina
July 24, 2010 at 9:33 AM
I saw this film... didn't really like it, but then I don't like disturbing films that much.
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13 cille
July 24, 2010 at 10:13 AM
ohhh! it's coming to my toronto for the TIFF? nice. i'll be sure to include it on my list to watch that week.
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14 langdon813
July 24, 2010 at 10:37 AM
OOPS! Sorry GF...I thanked JB instead of you. I usually try to be very careful about that. :-(
In my meager defense, I was on my first (but certainly not last) cup of coffee, plus I'd clicked THE LINK and gotten my brain scrambled again. :-D
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15 zaha
July 24, 2010 at 11:42 AM
So excited!!! I've been looking for this movie everywhere (subbed).
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16 phjfever
July 24, 2010 at 2:16 PM
i can hardly wait as i like both actors here...Lee Jung Jae was always good in all his roles such as in Il Mare, Air City among a few i can name right now...and JDY is such a professional, she doesn't seem to mind even if she takes on a daring role i must say. They're both excellent what can i say?
I hope tho that it'll be shown online soon as i think next year is quite a long way to wait for its US release!
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17 Mon
July 24, 2010 at 2:48 PM
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! I mean I don't think it will be shown where I live...but that means that maybe...we'll get the dvd. Hope, I hope.
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18 okitokki
July 24, 2010 at 3:18 PM
Oh, it WILL come to LA, yes? If it should, I'm more than willing to take the half hour train ride from school to see it [:
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19 nattacatta
July 24, 2010 at 4:54 PM
It sold rights to Australia! Yes!!!! We never get foreign films unless they are in festivals or big names like Departures (and even that only went to arty type cinemas)
How exciting- Seo Woo is basically the love of my life, so I really badly wanted to see this! I wonder if it will just be a DVD release or cinemas
Oh, I hope it's MA15, not R18...
I can't imagine this would be so bad to justify an R rating *reassures myself it will only be MA*
Thanks for the news, GF!
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20 diane
July 24, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Hope this comes to Philadelphia! I'll bribe someone to drive down there!
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21 soo
July 24, 2010 at 6:33 PM
watched it and was majorly disappointed ... cinematography was gorgeous but the character & story development was dragged out and DISJOINTED. it was garbage.
maybe its because i watched the original "housemaid" and this one differs on many levels.
actually no its not that either.
my bf liked it though... (and there's my only positive statement about it)
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22 Rizzy
July 24, 2010 at 7:59 PM
This ssems very interesting. :) Hope it will be shown here in Manila :)
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23 Brittany
July 24, 2010 at 11:30 PM
Oh I hope this opens in a theater near me! :D
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24 Han Mania
July 25, 2010 at 8:17 AM
^^ dramabean.net? err...
I'm really intrigued by this movie, especially with the stills. Sadly, I can't find english subs for it yet.
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25 deannadsc
July 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM
...I saw Jeon Do Yeon in person when we went to her NOA entertainment agency last week in Seoul!!! She looks more prettier in person & when I told her that I loved all her movies...she smiled back & said Thanks!!! ..but of course, I couldn't take a picture of or with her cuz her over-eager manager covered her & said NO!!!
...our "real motive" for going to NOA that day was our desire to 'see' (read "stalk") Gong Yoo... but instead saw Korea's Cannes best actress!!! ..not bad!!! LOL!!!
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26 pat
July 25, 2010 at 12:15 PM
I saw part of this movie online, but i am sure IFC will do as much as possible to remove it before a US debut. It is very intense, very noir, and very beautiful. It
should do well in the Western market.
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27 Meg
July 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM
OMG! I loved the trailer!
Does anyone know where i can see this movie with subtitles?
The movie won't be seen in my country (portugal) and I reallyy wanna see it :D
I'm desperate!
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28 lynx
July 26, 2010 at 12:08 AM
This is fantastic news.
Even though its delayed by much!
Thanks GF :)
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29 tai
July 26, 2010 at 2:43 PM
I am so happy to hear this. I have been wanting to see this movie.
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30 pandapandapanda
February 6, 2011 at 12:37 AM
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110202/REVIEWS/110209996
seems like ebert saw it and liked it! :)
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