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Parasite

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Drama starring Song Kang-ho and Lee Sun-kyun. The Kim family live hand-to-mouth on the edges of Seoul, until under-qualified son Ki-woo hustles his way into a job as a private tutor for the wealthy but gullible Parks. His parents and sister then devise an audacious con that results in the whole family being employed in the Park household. The Kims settle into their newly comfortable lifestyle, but an unexpected visitor threatens to disrupt everything.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

The gulf between rich and poor is taken imaginatively to task in this flawless and consistently surprising satire from South Korea's Bong Joon-ho (Okja, Snowpiercer) that bagged four Oscars. An air of mischief pervades the film, with trickery the name of the game for the protagonists and director alike. When we're first introduced to the Kim family (with Chang Hyae Jin as mum and Song Kang-ho as dad), they're living out an impoverished but amiable existence in a squalid semi-basement flat. Their luck changes when their son (Choi Woo-sik) is recommended for a tutor post he's not actually qualified for, with a family who have more money than nous - and sensing a golden opportunity, a breathtakingly audacious con is born. Explosions of righteous anger and further ignominy await in an eventful, enjoyably farcical narrative that alternates between nail-biting suspense and wicked wit. Parasite delights in its devious set-up and savage social commentary, offering sleek stylings and devilish details. It's a wonderfully sneaky film that, before you know it, will have worked its way right under your skin.

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8.5/10

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Cast

rolenameKi-taekSong Kang-ho Mr ParkLee Seon-gyun Yeon-kyo (Mr Park's wife)Jo Yeo-jeong Ki-woo (Ki-taek's son)Choi Woo-sik Ki-jung (Ki-taek's daughter)Park So-dam Chung-sook (Ki-taek's wife)Chang Hyae Jin

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rolenameDirectorBong Joon-ho

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Theatrical distributor

Curzon

Released on

2020-02-07

Languages

English | Korean

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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