Fanaa vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.8/10 for Fanaa). The Handmaiden is the shorter watch at 2h 25m compared with 2h 48m. Fanaa is the older of the two (2006 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fanaa
The Handmaiden| Fanaa | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 48m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kunal Kohli | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Gautami Kapoor, Satish Shah, Vrajesh Hirjee, Tabu, Jaspal Bhatti | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Fanaa
Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will…
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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