Um. Wow. That’s pretty much all I’ve got left in my brain after seeing this still from The Housemaid, which was just released.
The film is currently at Cannes International Film Festival, where it screened yesterday (May 13). The Korean press has kept a close eye on the reaction, and particularly regarding its stars Jeon Do-yeon (who won Best Actress at Cannes for Secret Sunshine in 2007) and Lee Jung-jae. Initial press has been generally positive (calling it entertaining) and while The Housemaid has been described as suspense thriller, it also drew laughs for its black comedy. In addition to the two leads, veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jung drew praise as the elderly housekeeper.
The cast and director gave the film’s official press conference at Cannes today, where the director explained that he was surprised when not just one but two Korean films were accepted into the festival’s competitive portion (the other is Poetry, which stars Yoon Jung-hee and Ahn Nae-sang). He also talked about the necessity for updating the film from the 1960 original, pointing out that Korea is well-known for its incredibly fast development in the past half-century, but that the central themes at the core (adultery, love, sexual relationships) are just as relevant now as they were then.
The Housemaid also released yesterday at home, and has already attracted an impressive 170,000 theatergoers in its very first day.
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Tags: film festivals, Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-jae, Yoon Yeo-jung
RECENTLY RECAPPED
wo..
I thought I was at a wrong site.
Nose bleed
JB, that was NSFW. And you fried my eye balls, btw. W.O.W. Lee Jung-jae…..Wow. I wish I was more coherent, but…… o_0 *drooling incoherently*
ummm.. wow.
thank you.
*picks up jaw off floor*
lol! some Korean news sites even censored the photo — they blocked the abdomen part — which in my mind made it seem a LOT worse.
omfg.. yes it is NSFW!!
Um. I just can’t look away. But must look away. Ok I’m looking again. OMG.
o_O NSFW!!
… which makes it all the better of course.
*staring and frying eyeballs like @ockoala*
Oh my god.. I also thought I went to a wrong site!! Oh my god.. Wow.. I mean.. Whew!!!
Well for someone with a degree I’m very articulate..
I do hope they win an award at the Cannes.. Although just looking at LJJ already makes it worth it! Nosebleed!!!
WOW.
That’s all I got.
Words fail.
Wow! And that was the release still? Um…Wow!
with that still, who wouldn’t want to watch the film. XD
i read about his naked body just few hours before but the pic I saw only revealed the top half of his body, shame. OMG, if this is gonna show in local theatres I’m so gonna watch. Or else I just need to wait for fansubs. Good cast, positive reviews, intriguing trailer… I wanna watch this soon!
oh my goodness! i’m still trying to pick my jaw up from the floor. WOW.
I thought i was @ the wrong site tooo! lmao…WOW i’ve been holding my breadth for a while now lol..dayum! hwatt!
I think I immaculately conceived my 3rd baby.
*falls back into a puddle on the floor again*
0.o *jaw dropped*
better this gonna be good later..or else..phewww~ *perv mode* O____o
I googled NSFW!
Fortunately I’m home right now, but it’s 1AM!!!! Now I can’t sleep. Must distract self watching something else..
WOW
-speechless-
oh, um *scroll back up*
wow.
*scroll back up again*
holy moly… *picks jaw up from ground*
that’s one smokin’ pic! i can’t wait to see the film, it sounds positively delicious.
That’s ummm…gross…LOL…
I may sound like a prevert, but is it me or is it his thigh seems so darker than his upper body?!
Oh boy…I wonder what’s the reaction on the set when they were doing this scene (?) I would just probably be laughing my ass off! HAHAHAHA
@ ockoala
this still alone immaculately conceived triplets for me.
I double check if I am at the right website…lol…
*gasp*…….*gasp* some more…can’t drool…lol
Pretty much about it…I hope I can watch this…:))
………….
(I cant type anything that’s safe for eyeballs… but everything that can be said is so appropriate for da pic)
I honestly dun think we should scroll down to comment for THIS
“I honestly dun think we should scroll down to comment for THIS”
i likes this. THIS. i likes THIS. no more scrolling down. will have to open new window for anything else on DB.. this one’s staying up.
i need those eyelid opener thingies that were used on me when i had lasik. to make me not blink. cuz i don’t wanna miss this pic. EVER.
oh man! how can you surprise me with such a picture! my eyes almost popped out!!!!
OH MY… basically incoherent right now.
LOOKING.FORWARD.TO.THIS.MOVIE
*takes the time to right click and save*
Thank you for this JB.
Oh Holy Mary.
That is just…WOW.
o__O
WOW.
I just stopped breathing at the sight of adonis…er Lee Jung Jae’s chocolate bar
Gaaahd so awesomes. Can we have a MANDATORY PIC like this EVERY Friday? It just sets the mood for the weekend, ya know what I mean.
*BIG SMILE with droolz*
Niiiiice!
O_O WoW!!!!
Best teaser from the movie in my opinion.
I feel dirty now.
nice pecs 0 , o*
HAWT, Jung jae oppa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. I had to blink twice when I saw the picture too…he is naked. Like wow…the girls got some toned arms as well…
This movie is going to do extremely well ~~wow, wowwwwwwww i can’t stop wowing. I’ve never found Lee Jung Jae sexy but wow. THIS just did it for me!!
I am now very curious as to what the movie will be like!!!!!! *big sigh* XD
Hmmm, a real man…….
Yep, that is one sultry photo! My God…………………..
OMGSH I just rotate my laptop screen to see if anything was PS….and god….THERE IS A BIB BLOB ON HIS HIPS?! like ……why would the team do that…(you can notice how there a live around the lady’s hands)
Korea’s censorship is weird @ times :S ….I dont get why they censor poop, but I thank them for doing that LOL
Let me add another “WOW”!
OMO, OMO, OMO, OMO. Woooooow. Yeah. Ok.
I think a white wine, like an Opus One Chardonnay, would be better in this situation.
JB….wooooo…boy oh boy…sorry you have to share LJJ with all of us this way…my voice is getting horse after laughing so much….
Wow. Yeah, that’s it. Wow. That’s really all I have as well.
lee jung jae is seriously hotness. he may be too old for me but whatever…smexy to the max.
헉!!! Is not a wrong page o.O kuk~kuk~ kuk`~ wow~~ im blush~~ >.<
@ djes
Haha! I was like, “what does NSFW stand for?” So I googled it as well.
What a still this is, eh!!!
~**THUNK**~
first of all, TY, JB!!! i love @31 kaori’s suggestion but this is one tall order. i think i’ll just keep looking at this one for a while.
@36 sachi4jay: me too me too. this movie is making LJJ fans out of a LOT of us, i suspect.
@42 ms kim… you’re looking.at.the.bottle? ^^
LOLOLOLZ to everybody’s comments! Oh my gosh, it’s very funny when some of all of you were just speechless and tried to pick their jaw up from the floor, LOL!
^________________^ Ooooh! It made me so shocked to see this actor who is “half” of naked, oooh……..HOW IMPRESSIVE!
Um ………….I don’t know what I am saying about this…………………O_________O