Paper Butterfly vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6/10 for Paper Butterfly). Paper Butterfly is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 25m. The Handmaiden is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Paper Butterfly
The Handmaiden| Paper Butterfly | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Emil Heradi | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Ayu Laksmi, Chicco Kurniawan, Amanda Manopo, Iwa K, Reza Oktovian | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Paper Butterfly
Set in 1965, a young couple fights to stay together as escalating violence and their opposing political backgrounds threaten to tear them apart.
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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