Parasite

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Runtime: 2 Hr. 17 Min. Rating: R Release Year: 2019 Film Info: Screening format: DCP Director: Bong Joon Ho Screenwriter: Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won Cinematographer: Hong Kyung Pyo Editor: Yang Jinmo Cast: Song Kang Ho, Lee Sun Kyun, Cho Yeo Jeong

WINNER! Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, & Best International Feature Film - 2020 Academy Awards

Bong Joon Ho brings his singular skillset home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale.

Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks give the Kims a way out of their shabby circumstances. But this new ecosystem is fragile, and soon enough greed and class prejudice threaten to upend the Kims’ newfound comfort.

"Let's just say it: the South Korean auteur Bong Joon Ho is some kind of genius and he tops himself with Parasite-it's explosive filmmaking on every level and one of the cinema high points of 2019 . You won't know what hit you."
- Rolling Stone

"A nerve-racking masterpiece whose spell lingers long after its haunting final image."
- Vulture

"Parasite is unquestionably one of the best films of the year."
- RogerEbert.com

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Parasite

WINNER! Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, & Best International Feature Film - 2020 Academy Awards

"Let's just say it: the South Korean auteur Bong Joon Ho is some kind of genius and he tops himself with Parasite-it's explosive filmmaking on every level and one of the cinema high points of 2019 . You won't know what hit you." - Rolling Stone

"A nerve-racking masterpiece whose spell lingers long after its haunting final image." - Vulture

"Parasite is unquestionably one of the best films of the year." - RogerEbert.com

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"Let's just say it: the South Korean auteur Bong Joon Ho is some kind of genius and he tops himself with Parasite-it's explosive filmmaking on every level and one of the cinema high points of 2019 . You won't know what hit you."
- Rolling Stone

"A nerve-racking masterpiece whose spell lingers long after its haunting final image."
- Vulture

"Parasite is unquestionably one of the best films of the year."
- RogerEbert.com