4.5 stars, 4 Oscars, Golden 1 Palm … This film that came out 6 years ago

In 2019, the South Korean film, produced for $ 15 million for a modest budget, met with unprecedented international success. Parasite is the seventh feature film directed by Bong Jun-Ho, one of the pillars of the new wave of cinema in South Korea with the park Chang Wuk and especially Kim Jay-Wun.

Filmed in the form of a closed door, the parasite establishes KI, a family of modest descent. One by one, its members manage to serve the park, a wealthy family living in an expensive home. But one evening, while the park moves, Kai meets an unexpected meeting that excites their new existence …

Great Shell of Cinema Prizes

Before the parasite, it was necessary to return more than sixty years to find a film that won both Palme d’Or and Oscar for the best movie (Marty in 1955). This year, Anora managed to make the same feat (Palme d’Or and Oscar for the best movie), so the number of feature films to win these two prizes (the fourth is Billy Wilder’s poison, released in 1945).

Bong Joon-Ho’s masterpiece did not resolve the two most prestigious movie awards, as the parasite was also awarded to Caesar for the Best International Film, two BAFTA Awards and prizes for the National Society of Critics and film critics.

The public also joined this thriller, which was held by the master. The parasite was also marked from 5 to 5 to 4 from internet users to its distribution file and it collected almost two million spectators in theaters in French movie theaters.

Bong Joon-Ho fans can find a parasite on Max today. But that’s not all because Warner Bros. Group flow service. He will also offer his subscribers two more films of the South Korean master: Memories of Murder (2003), inspired by authentic novelties and Monster The Host film (2006).

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