Parasite (South
Korea 2019 https://www.parasite-movie.com/home/) South Korean writer-director Bong Joon
Ho received the coveted Palme d’Or for this savage caricature of class divides
and duplicity in a status-conscious society.The consummate con artists are the Kim family foursome of slovenly
scroungers living in a messy sub-basement apartment and eking out a marginal
living by folding pizza boxes.The con
begins when a friend of the son Ki-Woo goes to study abroad and recommends
Ki-Woo to be a replacement English tutor for Da-hye, the high-school daughter
of the Parks, an affluent family of four living in a palatial landscaped
residence. Her kid brother Da-Song is a
hyperactive handful obsessed with pretending to be an Indian.Ki-Woo had his sister Ki-jung forge his
academic credentials. He then recommends her to give “art therapy” to the
precocious boy. Ki-Woo is called “Kevin” and Ki-Jung “Jessica” as she in turn
schemes to have the Park’s chauffeur fired and her dad Ki-taek hired as …

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