Broken Embraces vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Broken Embraces). Broken Embraces is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 25m. Broken Embraces is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Broken Embraces
The Handmaiden| Broken Embraces | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Kira Miró, Penélope Cruz, Kiti Mánver, Tamar Novas, Rossy de Palma | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Broken Embraces
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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