Live Flesh vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Live Flesh). Live Flesh is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 25m. Live Flesh is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Live Flesh
The Handmaiden| Live Flesh | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | Spain | – |
| Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Live Flesh
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!
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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