The
Housemaid
(2010)
Hanyo
(The Housemaid) is a
South Korean drama and
remake of a 1960 film
about Eun-yi (Do-yeon
Jeon), a woman who has
just got over a trauma
and hopes that the offer
of a new job as a maid
will take her mind off
it. Looking after the
precocious child of businessman
Hoon and Hae-ra
(Woo Seo), who is also
pregnant with twins,
Eun-yi is enjoying her
job. Hoon takes a shine
to her, which Eun-yi has
no problem reciprocating
and they begin an
affair. The head maid
Byung-sik (Yeo-jeong
Yoon) finds out about
the affair and
accidentally tells
Hae-ra's mother. And
when Eun-yi becomes
pregnant, Hae-ra, with
the coercion of her
mother, decide that she
must not have that baby,
at any cost.
Solid
film that has a rather
over-the-top ending, but
the story is well told
and well worth a look.
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