If you loved Goryeojang, try The Housemaid

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Kim Ki-young, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Goryeojang, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Housemaid is

You live with your pregnant wife in a new house, but when she collapses from exhaustion, you hire a housemaid to help, and then tensions rise, the director Kim Ki-young leaves you with a dark social commentary.

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