Lady Vengeance ( 2005)

Lady Vengeance  is a 2005 South Korean  psychological thriller  film directed by  Park Chan-wook . [3]  The film is the third and final installment in Park's  Vengeance Trilogy , following  Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance  (2002) and  Oldboy  (2003). It stars  Lee Young-ae  as Lee Geum-ja, a woman released from prison after serving the sentence for a murder she did not commit. The film tells her story of revenge against the real murderer. The film debuted on 29 July 2005 in South Korea, and competed for the Golden Lion at the  62nd Venice International Film Festival  in September 2005. While it failed to win in competition, it did walk away with Cinema of The Future, the Young Lion Award, and the Best Innovated Film Award in the non-competition section. It won the award for Best Film at the 26th  Blue Dragon Film Awards . The film had its US premiere on 30 September 2005 at the New York Film Festival. It began its limited release in North American theatres on 5 May 2006, to favorable reviews from critics.