parasite (2019)
Best Picture Oscar winner Parasite follows the impoverished Kim family, who live in a small apartment and consistently struggle to make ends meet. After they chance across the gullible and wealthy Park family, the Kims ingratiate themselves through lies and deceit, earning themselves jobs taking care of the household. However, their newfound luck is built on an ever-growing foundation of mistruths - one that threatens to fall down around them at any moment.
Parasite
- Director
- Bong Joon Ho
- Release Date
- November 8, 2019
- Studio(s)
- Barunson E&A
- Distributor(s)
- CJ Entertainment
- Cast
- Yeo-Jeong Jo , Myeong-hoon Park , Jeong-eun Lee , Sun-kyun Lee , Ji-so Jung , So-dam Park , Keun-rok Park , Kang-ho Song , Ji-hye Lee , Woo-sik Choi , Seo-joon Park , Hye-jin Jang
- Writers
- Jin Won Han , Bong Joon Ho
- Runtime
- 132 minutes
- Budget
- $15 million
Summary
All unemployed, Ki-taek and his family take peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks, as they ingratiate themselves into their lives and get entangled in an unexpected incident. Parasite official trailer Screen Rant's Parasite review
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