Parasite

Watch Bong Joon-ho's masterpiece PARASITE in theaters again during this year's Film from the South.

Meet Kim Ki-taek, an unemployed father who lives with his wife and two grown children in a run-down basement apartment. His wife is also without a job, and the family's future prospects are bleak. Through a friend, the son suddenly gets the chance to become a private tutor for the teenage daughter of a wealthy family. He quickly succeeds in the job, and this opens up opportunities for the rest of the family to fill various roles in the rich family's home: the daughter as a tutor for the youngest son, the father as a driver, and the mother as a housekeeper. It seems like a dream has come true, but it ends as a nightmare.

It is an almost incredible achievement to describe class society in such a meticulously crafted and gripping way as Bong Joon-ho does in Parasite. Where others might get stuck in predictable portrayals of the struggle between rich and poor, Bong sets a completely new standard by elevating the conflict to another level—using effective elements from many genres.

Director

Bong Joon-ho (b. 1969) is one of South Korea's most renowned international and domestic filmmakers. The Host (2006), the English-language Snowpiercer (2013), and the Oscar-winning Parasite (2019) are among the most-watched films in South Korea ever. Bong made his feature film debut with Barking Dogs Never Bite in 2000 and gained widespread recognition with the crime thriller Memories of Murder in 2003, followed by Mother in 2009.

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