Directed by Bong Joon-ho | South Korea | 2019 | 2h 12m | Korean w/ English subtitles | Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-sik, Cho Yeo-jeong
In modern day Seoul, the struggling Kim family seizes a chance to climb the social ladder by cunningly infiltrating the lives of the wealthy Park family. Their scheme unfolds seamlessly, until one stormy night changes everything. With its meticulously constructed set pieces and outstanding ensemble cast, Bong Joon-ho’s genre-blending, darkly comic thriller solidified New Korean Cinema as a global powerhouse. Sweeping nearly every major award from Cannes to the Oscars, Parasite made history as the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
