

Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them.
Winner of a historic four Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Director, and the Palme d’Or (Best Film award) at the Cannes Film Festival – this family tragicomedy is the latest masterpiece from Bong Joon-Ho. PARASITE confirms his position as one of the world’s most inventive and captivating filmmakers.
Ki-taek's family of four is close, but all are unemployed and the future looks bleak. However, when the son, Ki-woo is recommended by a fellow university student friend for a well-paid tutoring job, hope spawns for a regular income. Carrying the expectations of the family, Ki-woo arrives at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, where he meets Yeon-kyo, the young lady of the house. The job interview is a success and soon Ki-woo begins work. But very soon, following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait…
- Director
- BONG Joon Ho
- Cast
- SONG Kang Ho, LEE Sun Kyun, CHO Yeo Jeong, CHOI Woo Shik, PARK So Dam, LEE Jung Eun, CHANG Hyae Jin
- Genre
- Asian Cinema, Asian Cinema, Drama
- Rating
- MA (Strong violence)
- Release Date
- 27 June 2019
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Language
- Korean