Submergence vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.5/10 for Submergence). Submergence is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 25m. The Handmaiden is the older of the two (2016 against 2017). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Submergence
The Handmaiden| Submergence | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Wim Wenders | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Alexander Siddig, Alex Hafner, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Thibaut Évrard, James McAvoy | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Submergence
While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.
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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