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Parasite(Movie, 2019)

Original title: "기생충" (Korean/KO)
FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 13min | Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Drama
ParasiteRating: 4.3/5 (with 78577,857 votes) 317
Parasite (Korean: 기생충; RR: Gisaengchung) is a 2019 South Korean dark comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won and co-produced. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who infiltrate the life of a wealthy family. The script is based on a play Bong wrote in 2013. He later adapted it into a 15-page film draft, and Han split it into three different drafts. Bong said he was inspired by the 1960 Korean film The Housemaid and by the Christine and Léa Papin incident in the 1930s. Filming began in May 2018 and finished that September. The project included cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, film editor Yang Jin-mo, a... ()
Movie poster of Parasite

Where to watch Parasite (cinema/streaming/download)?

"Parasite" is currently available on 2 providers. Parasite can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: German, Korean
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 2h 12min
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Available languages: German, Korean
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 2h 12min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Parasite

Palme d'Or Gilde Film Price Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Academy Award for Best Director BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture AACTA International Award for Best Film Dorian Award for Film of The Year Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Film Editing Golden Globe Award for Best Director

About Parasite

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Trailer for Parasite + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official UK Trailer(Trailer, 2:16)

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͝?백판 예고편 (Trailer, KO)
칸영화제 리뷰2 (Teaser, KO)
칸영화제 리뷰1 (Teaser, KO)
칸 현지 스케치 영상 (Featurette, KO)

Additional Information

Production country: South Korea
Plays in: South Korea
Original language: Korean (KO)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), Korean (KO)
Translated into 40 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Icelandic (IS), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/17/2019 (World premiere: 05/30/2019)
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jung Ji-so, Lee Jung-eun, Park Myung-hoon, Park Seo-joon, Jung Yi-seo
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Producer: Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae
Screenwriter: Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won
Executive Producer: Mi-gyeong Lee
Film Editor: Yang Jin-mo
Director of Photography: Hong Kyung-pyo
Composer: Jung Jae-il
Production Designer: Lee Ha-jun
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Parasite: Black & White"
"ชนชั้นปรสิต"

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Other movies with this title: Parasite (US, 1982), Parasite (GB, 2004), Parasite (CA, 2006), Parasite (PL, 2014)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:162150, Added: 04/07/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024