Lady Vengeance in 35mm
- Sunday, Oct 19, 2025, 1:00pm
- Monday, Oct 20, 2025, 7:00pm
Screening location: SIFF Film Center – 167 Republican St, Seattle (located within the Seattle Center, just north of Climate Pledge Arena / east of KEXP and The Vera Project)
20th anniversary of the final film in Park Chan-wook's thematically-linked "Vengeance Trilogy", with special intros from film educator Hannah Baek before each screening.
Following 2002's SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE and 2003's OLDBOY, director Park Chan-wook gave us one last tale of revenge to cap off the series. After being wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young child, a beautiful young woman (Lee Young-ae) is imprisoned for 13 years and forced to give up her own daughter. While in prison, she gains the respect and loyalty of her fellow cellmates, all the while plotting her vengeance on the man responsible (Choi Min-sik). Upon her release, she sets in motion an elaborate plan of retribution, but what she discovers is a truth so horrifying, even revenge doesn't seem punishment enough.
In Korean with English subtitles.
“A film with the capacity to both sicken and delight, a dark thriller with an obsessive, shocking story, shot in gorgeous images that heighten the gruesomeness and horror of what they reveal.” Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
“South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s tremendous conclusion to his Vengeance trilogy is a modern classic.” Ken Tucker, New York Magazine / Vulture
About the guest speaker: Hannah Baek is a film programmer and educator. They received their MA in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard, where they researched gender queerness in the “Dark Ages” of 1970s South Korean film. With special interests in Asian cinema, queer cinema, and animation, they teach film classes for adults and serve as the new Cinema Programmer at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma. They are also the co-founder and Festival Director of Sea Slug Animation Festival.