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Jobless, penniless, and, above all, hopeless, the unmotivated patriarch, Ki-taek, and his equally unambitious family--his supportive wife, Chung-sook; his cynical twentysomething daughter, Ki-jung, and his college-age son, Ki-woo--occupy themselves by working for peanuts in their squalid basement-le...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kisaengch'ung (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm) (publishing company.)
Other Authors: Pong, Chun-ho, 1969- (Screenwriter), Han, Jin-wŏn (Screenwriter), Hong, Kyŏng-p'yo, 1962- (director of photography.), Song, Kang-ho, 1967- (Actor), Yi, Sŏn-gyun, 1975- (Actor), Cho, Yŏ-jŏng, 1981- (Actor), Ch'oe, U-sik, 1990- (Actor), Pak, So-dam, 1991- (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:Korean
Language Notes:Korean language soundtrack with English subtitles.
Published: [San Francisco, California] : Kanopy, [2019]
Subjects:
Unemployed > Korea > Drama.
Rich people > Korea > Drama.
Rich people.
Unemployed.
Korea.
Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Dark comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures, Korean.
Foreign films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Jobless, penniless, and, above all, hopeless, the unmotivated patriarch, Ki-taek, and his equally unambitious family--his supportive wife, Chung-sook; his cynical twentysomething daughter, Ki-jung, and his college-age son, Ki-woo--occupy themselves by working for peanuts in their squalid basement-level apartment. Then, by sheer luck, a lucrative business proposition will pave the way for an insidiously subtle scheme, as Ki-woo summons up the courage to pose as an English tutor for the teenage daughter of the affluent Park family. Now, the stage seems set for an unceasing winner-take-all class war. How does one get rid of a parasite?
Item Description:Originally produced in South Korea in 2019.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 132 min.) : sound, color
Playing Time:02:12:05
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language, some violence and sexual content.
Awards:Academy Awards, USA, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, 2020
BAFTA Awards, Best Screenplay (Original), Best Film Not in the English Language, 2020
Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, 2020
Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or, 2019
Golden Globes, USA, Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language, 2020
Production Credits:Director of photography, Hong Kyung Pyo ; music by Jung Jae Il ; edited by Yang Jinmo.