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Ki-taek, hiding in the bunker, has buried Moon-gwang in the garden and sends the message every day, hoping Ki-woo will see it. Still living in their basement flat with his mother, Ki-woo writes a letter to Ki-taek, vowing to earn enough money to buy the house and free him. Cast. Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek (Mr Kim; 김기택; Gim Gitaek), the ...
- ₩17.0 billion, (~$15.5 million)
- Kwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Young-hwan
Apr 20, 2020 · We’ll be taking a look at all of the ingredients to made Parasite one of the best films of 2019 and one of the best South Korean films ever made, but first, let’s get started with a Parasite synopsis. The Kim family lives in a semi-basement and struggles to keep food on the table.
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Aug 11, 2019 · In Bong Joon-ho's Parasite (2019), lead character Kim Ki-taek (driver of Mr. Park) suddenly. But in the entire movie, they have shown the Park family to have a good heart (though they are rich and dumb). Even in the scene where Mr. Park tells his wife about his driver's bad smell, he in fact heaps praise of his driver for not “crossing the line".
- What Is 'Parasite' About?
- Who Is The Man in The Basement in 'Parasite?'
- What Happens to The Family in 'Parasite'?
- Why Is The Movie called 'Parasite'?
- 'Parasite's Bleak Ending Turns Wealth Into A Prison
In Parasite, the Kim family's quest to overtake the Parks' home is no simple feat, and they do so by slyly getting the Parks to hire them without realizing that they're all related. Once Ki-woo gets his foot in the door by becoming Da-hye's tutor — with a certificate forged by his clever sister, Ki-jung (Park So-dam) — the pieces begin to fall stra...
Everything seems to be going fine until Moon-gwang returns to the house, claiming to have left something behind. In Parasite's iconic, shocking twist, said "something" turns out to be Moon-gwang's husband, Geun-se (Park Myung-hoon), who, unbeknownst to the Parks, is living in a secret bunker in the basement, and is revealed to be the "ghost" that D...
Parasite's pulse-pounding climactic scene finds the Kims being invited to Da-song's birthday party at the Park house. Ki-woo sneaks into the basement to finish off Geun-se once and for all by bludgeoning him with a scholar's rock, but Geun-se, wanting to avenge his wife, escapes by violently cracking Ki-woo in the head instead. Continuing his rampa...
Parasite's double-ending is what makes it such a gut punch: it’s about a fantasy. We know that Ki-woo will never earn enough money to buy the house and free his father, because Parasite shows that economic mobility is dead. The Kims aren’t a “lazy” family who are simply avoiding hard work. They may be conniving and duplicitous, but they don’t expec...
The bleakness of Parasite's ending comes from the fact that we know freeing Ki-taek is impossible. Granted, he could just turn himself in, but then he’d just be in another prison, or he’d get the death penalty, so he may as well stay in the basement. The prison of wealth is what entraps the Kims in the first place. Yes, they are “parasites” in a se...
- Bong Joon-Ho
- Seo Joon Park
Oct 10, 2019 · ‘Parasite’ tells of the Kim family living in a downtrodden neighbourhood in a derelict part of the city, occupying a small semi-basement accommodation, all of whom are unemployed and only partly skilled, except for the patriarch of the family, who has earlier worked as a driver for many years.
Feb 1, 2020 · The story follows the Kim family as they manage to con their way into jobs working within the Park's household. Parasite ’s ending offers a thrill ride that turns dreams into nightmares and...
Jan 14, 2020 · The Korean director Bong Joon-ho discusses his narrative choices in the end of his Cannes award–winning film Parasite, providing unique insight into the Parasite ending, explained.
