Echelon Studios and Metrograph to revive the legendary director’s seldom seen work with new 2K restoration

Echelon Studios is proud to announce Korean director Kim Ki-young’s posthumous feature and critical hit, An Experience to Die For aka Be a Wicked Woman, will screen in New York and be available online later this month.

The film follows Yuh-jung, played by Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung (Minari), and Myeong-ja, played by Lee Tam-mi, two wounded wives who meet by chance and agree to take revenge on each other’s husbands.

The film remains one of Kim’s most controversial works and marks the director’ third collaboration with Youn, following her appearance in Woman of Fire (1971) and The Insect Woman (1972).

Although completed in 1990, the movie wasn’t seen until after Kim’s death in 1998, when it was shown for the first time during the Busan International Film Festival. This screening marks the first time the film has been shown in the U.S.

An Experience to Die For will screen at New York City’s Metrograph on May 17 and 19 as part of a Kim Ki-young double-bill, alongside the directors most well-received and influential film, The Housemaid. An Experience to Die For will be available via Metrograph at Home (Metrograph’s VOD platform) for one month from May 17.

A screener for An Experience to Die For is available upon request for review.