Lady Vengeance (35mm)
October 19 - 20, 2025
Sunday, October 19 | 1:00pm | SIFF Film Center
Monday, October 20 | 7:00pm | SIFF Film Center
Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means. The final film in Park Chan-wook's legendary "Vengeance Trilogy" screens on 35mm for its 20th anniversary, featuring special live intros from film educator Hannah Baek before each screening.
SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this 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.
“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
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.
- Director: Park Chan-wook
- Principal Cast: Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kwon Yea-young, Kim Si-hoo, Nam Il-woo
- Country: South Korea
- Year: 2005
- Running Time: 115 min.
- Language: Korean
- Has Subtitles: Yes