★★★★★ – Independent. Bong Joon-ho's (Snowpiercer, Okja) superb black comedy about wealth, greed and class discrimination made history at the 2020 Academy Awards as the first foreign language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
"★★★★★ – An intricate examination of class conflict" – Independent
"★★★★★ – A searing satire of a family at war with the rich" – Guardian
Kim Ki-teak’s family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family’s luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park’s home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
With Hitchcockian mastery, director Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, Okja) relentlessly changes gears, always keeping the audience on the edge of their seats and raising the stakes to dizzyingly heart-pounding effect. Parasite is an absolute must-see.
Screening as part of the Leicestershire and Rutland Society of Architects' LOVE ARCHITECTURE festival, this year the theme is "home".
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