Parasite

Released Date
May 30, 2019
Distributor
Neon
Genre
Comedy
Rating
R
Budget
$11,400,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$53,369,749 + $205,300,248 = $258,669,997
34
Choi Woo-shik

as Kim Ki-woo

32
Park So-dam

as Kim Ki-jeong

57
Song Kang-ho

as Kim Ki-taek

43
Cho Yeo-jeong

as Choi Yeon-gyo

1975-2023
Lee Sun-kyun

as Park Dong-ik

48
Jang Hye-jin

 

About Parasite

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

About

2020 Oscar winner for Best Picture that also took home the honors for Best Director, Best International Film and Best Original Screenplay. It centers on the members of a poor family who scheme their way into being employed by a wealthy family by posing as unrelated individuals.

Trivia

The original title of the film is Gisaengchung. The movie premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it became the first Korean movie to win the Palme d'Or. It was the second film to win the highest Cannes honor with a unanimous vote since Blue is the Warmest Color (2013).