Parasite follows the impoverished Kim family as they cleverly scheme their way into the lives of the wealthy Park family, each member securing a job under false pretenses. What begins as a darkly comic con artistry gradually unravels into a tense and shocking thriller. The film is a razor-sharp social commentary on class inequality, capitalism, and the invisible walls that divide society.
Bong's perfect class thriller made history at Cannes and the Oscars alike — a staircase of privilege that turns, without warning, into a knife.
The Kims are thieves, opportunists, and eventually killers. They are also entirely correct about every structural inequity the Park family pretends not to see. Bong indicts both sides without resolving either.
