The Housemaid

Eun-yi, a middle-aged poor divorcee, is hired as an upper class family housemaid. But soon enough, the master of the house, Hoon, takes advantage of his social position by slipping into her sheets. Hoon's visits become frequent and Byung-sik, an old housemaid, reports the affair to Hoon's mother in law, who plots to give her daughter, Hae-ra, control over her husband. Soon Eun-yi miraculously becomes pregnant and wants to keep the baby. This is discovered by the family and she's forced to have an abortion despite her plea to let her keep the baby and leave the house. This traumatic event causes a mental breakdown and she decides to take matters into her own hands. (official distributor synopsis)