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The Housemaid (2010)
★ 6.3 · 374 ratings on TMDB
When Opportunity Knocks, Answer at Your Own Risk.
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.
DirectorIm Sang-soo
The emergence reading
The Housemaid keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceKR
Same rung, same subject
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Same subject, different rung
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