하녀
"When Opportunity Knocks, Answer at Your Own Risk."
Director: Im Sang-soo
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-jae, Seo Woo, Youn Yuh-jung, Park Ji-young
The Housemaid — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
너, 참 더럽게 당당하구나.
Context
Spoken when confronting Eun-yi about the affair.
Meaning
Hae-ra expresses fury that a lower-class maid dares to stand upright and look her in the eye rather than cower in shame.
아기… 제 아기예요. 제 몸속에 있어요.
Context
Eun-yi's desperate declaration to Hoon and his mother-in-law.
Meaning
Eun-yi's declaration asserting maternal ownership and bodily autonomy against upper-class demands for an abortion.
아저씨는 나쁜 사람이에요.
Context
Eun-yi's final moral judgment leveled at Hoon.
Meaning
Stripping away Hoon's civilized veneer and naming him for what he is before the climax.
나 은이 언니 보고 싶어. 언니는 어디 갔어?
Context
Spoken by the young child during the surreal final scene.
Meaning
Shows that only the innocent child retains memory and empathy for the sacrificed housemaid.
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