Comedy · Thriller · Drama
South Korean (기생충)
2019 · Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 133 min
A jobless family living in a cramped semi-basement in Seoul sees a chance to work for a wealthy household in a spacious modernist home. What begins as a sharp, funny study of class and ingenuity grows into something harder to categorise.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of 21st-century global cinema, it brought Korean filmmaking to the centre of world attention and showed that a subtitled genre film could reach the widest audience.
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