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Kapwa Movie Nights: The Handmaiden

  • SHIFT Space, Concordia University Library Building 1455 Maisonneuve Boulevard West Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8 Canada (map)

Come join Centre Kapwa and Sweet Like Honey for a Monday movie night! 🍿 May is Asian Heritage Month and we will be screening the film, The Handmaiden. 🎬This is a way to highlight sapphic storylines while promoting Asian cinema.

The Handmaiden (2016) is a South Korean psychological thriller directed by Park Chan-Wook. It is inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Set in 1930s Korea under Japanese colonial rule, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her fortune.

🚫This film is Rated R due to sex & nudity, violence & gore and some intense scenes. This event is 18+.

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