“Parasite” continues to win the distinctions, after being awarded the Palme d’Or at the last Cannes Festival 2019, the prize for the best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, here it is, winning four Oscars (best screenplay, best international film) , best director, and best foreign language film) in 2020.
As soon as it was released, all the indexes showed encouraging signs, it is a first and a record for an Asian film.
With Korean distribution and production, “Bong Joon-Ho” takes us with great intelligence and subtlety into the universe of two completely opposite families.
In this synopsis, the fate of these two families will intersect in a rather surprising way. The Ki-Taek family, from a disadvantaged background, is interested in the wealthy Park family whose lifestyle is very different from theirs.
One fine day, one of the sons of the Ki-Taek family managed to get recommended to give English lessons to one of thePark members. An unfortunate incident will occur mixing the two families in a strange story. From this moment, a succession of facts will lead the two families in a funny spiral.
The film tackles a real Society problem and social ascension in the “land of the morning calm” but not only in Korea, this phenomenon also exists in other modern societies.
Whether you were born in a rural or an urban area, the trajectories can be different and hold many surprises. Whoever grew up in a modest home or in a wealthy place certainly does not have the same opportunities.
Without being overly caricatured, the great subtlety of this film lies in the authenticity of its characters and the way in which “Bong Joon-Ho” shows us this reality. The jovial and smiling director approaches it with a certain humour, this serious subject of society on the consequences of the liberal economy of the most underprivileged or neglected.
Thus, we understand better the success of this film which has won all cinematographic awards of the moment, which rivals the big American productions.
A nod to the one who defends this cause marvelously and whose perhaps shows us the new way to follow.
