Parasite
“Act like you own the place.”
기생충 · 2019 | R | 133 min | Comedy · Thriller · Drama
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Synopsis
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.
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Themes & motifs
the taxonomy ↗- Class DivideThemeThe Kims climb a hill to work and descend a staircase to live; Bong never argues the hierarchy, he blocks it, and then lets one remark about a smell finish what no speech could.
- Order and ChaosThemeKi-taek's line about the plan that never fails is the film auditing its own first hour, in which every scheme works beautifully right up until it rains.
- Food as CharacterMotifRam-don cooked in the eight minutes of a rich woman's drive home, and a peach turned into a weapon: appetite is how this household issues orders.
- Mirrors and DoublesMotifTwo families of four, one below ground and one above it, each certain it is the exception; the cruelty of the film is how exactly they rhyme.
- Stairs and LevelsMotifVertical movement is the plot: the semi-basement, the hilltop house, and the flight of steps that reveals there is a floor below the floor.
- Water That RisesMotifThe downpour that clears the sky for the Parks' garden party fills the Kims' home to the ceiling: one weather event, two addresses, opposite meanings.
class / black comedy / con artist / basement / family
Credits
- Producer
- Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae
- Director
- Bong Joon-ho
- Screenplay
- Han Jin-won, Bong Joon-ho
- Director of Photography
- Hong Kyung-pyo
- Original Music Composer
- Jung Jae-il
- Editor
- Yang Jin-mo
- Country
Box office · USD, worldwide
×23.0return on budget
Budget
$11.4M
Revenue
$262.1M
Cast · 18
Videos · 3
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