Parasite (2019)

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Writers:

Joon-ho Bong (screenplay) (as Bong Joon-ho), Jin Won Han (screenplay)

Stars:

Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo

Top Rated Movies #80 | 3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kang-ho Song	...	Kim Ki-taek
Sun-kyun Lee	...	Park Dong-ik
Yeo-jeong Jo	...	Park Yeon-kyo
Woo-sik Choi	...	Kim Ki-woo
Hye-jin Jang	...	Kim Chung-sook (as Hyae Jin Chang)
So-dam Park	...	Kim Ki-jung
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kang Echae	...	Special Guest
Jeong Esuz	...	CEO of Pizza Place
Andreas Fronk	...	German Father
Hyun-jun Jung	...	Park Da-song
Ik-han Jung	...	Neighbor
Ji-so Jung	...	Park Da-hye (as Jung Ziso)
Jeong-eun Lee	...	Moon-gwang
Ji-hye Lee	...	Singer
Joo-hyung Lee	...	Party Guy 3

Storyline

Jobless, penniless, and, above all, hopeless, the unmotivated patriarch, Ki-taek, and his equally unambitious family--his supportive wife, Chung-sook; his cynical twentysomething daughter, Ki-jung, and his college-age son, Ki-woo--occupy themselves by working for peanuts in their squalid basement-level apartment. Then, by sheer luck, a lucrative business proposition will pave the way for an insidiously subtle scheme, as Ki-woo summons up the courage to pose as an English tutor for the teenage daughter of the affluent Park family. Now, the stage seems set for an unceasing winner-take-all class war. How does one get rid of a parasite?

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | poverty | jobless | cell phone | wifi | 

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Taglines:

Misplaced familyhood (Australia/New Zealand/Singapore)

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Curzon Artificial Eye [United Kingdom] Les Bookmakers [France]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

30 May 2019 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Parasite

Filming Locations:

Goyang Aqua Studio - 250 Tongil-ro 396beon-gil, Deogyang-gu, Goyang, South Korea

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$90,267,281

Company Credits

Production Co:

Barunson E&A, CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics, CJ Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first all korean production film of Bong since "Mother"(2009).

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Quotes

Ki-taek: [to his son] You know what kind of plan that never fails? No plan. No plan at all. You know why? Because life cannot be planned. Look around you. Did you think these people made a plan to sleep in the sports hall with you? But here we are now, sleeeping together on the floor. So, there's no need for a plan. You can't go wrong with no plans. We don't need to make a plan for anything. It doesn't matter what will happen next. Even if the country gets destroyed or sold out, nobody cares. Got it?

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Nyusha (2019)

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Soundtracks

Rodelinda
Opera by George Frideric Handel
(1725)

User Reviews

A superb combination of comedy and tragedy, laugh and cry, joy and sympathy

Comedy and tragedy, the combination of the two is what a Korean filmmaker really good at, and Bong Joon Ho is no exception. Started with comedy, you'll find yourself laughing and going with the flow as the movie suddenly change its color in the middle of it like you have never expected before: the reality of living in poverty in modern world, where one and one's family (and spouses) can automatically be dehumanized by society, with the same level of rats and cockroaches. The opposite goes for the movie itself, as it humanized itself when the two most tragic characters in the movie got snapped and decided that it's enough. One of the most important movie in 2019. Movies like this need to be produced more, and, if possible, outnumber the high-budgeted, massively-hyped, full-CGI, full-action movies.