Parasite (2019)

Like Get Out, Bong Joon Ho’s endlessly twisty, blackly sincere class-war thriller is a pop provocation for our unequal times.

“Chameleonic in its genres, shapeshifting from social realism to comedy, thriller to dystopia, Bong Joon Ho’s multilayered masterpiece at once pithily sums up the stark evils of class division (which speaks so universally) while also, prism-like, rewarding endless rewatches and reinterpretations.” Miriam Balanescu

“Parasite has a Shakespearean sense of fate with humour, irony, horror and tragedy.” Esther Leslie

2019 Republic of Korea
Directed by
Bong Joon-ho
Produced by
Kwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon
Featuring
Song Kang-ho, Lee Sunkyun, Cho Yeo-jeong
Running time
132 minutes

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