Parasite (Korean with English Subtitles)

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Parasite
Screening
Parasite

Event Date

Wed 13 Nov 2024

Event Time

10:00 - 12:25

Location

Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3LS, England

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Cost

FREE

Recommended Age Group

16+

Curriculum Subject/s

  • Citizenship
  • Economic
  • Economics and Business
  • Film Studies
  • Human Rights
  • PSHE Education
  • Psychology

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The Kim family are struggling to make ends meet in their destitute and grubby basement apartment in Korea, resorting to stealing Wi-Fi from neighbours whilst getting fired from dead-end jobs. In a turn of fortune Ki-woo, the son of the family, is recommended as an English tutor by a friend and finds himself working for the affluent Parks in their stunning, modern mansion. Observing the naivety and ignorance of the Park clan, Ki-Woo and his family begin to devise a plan, full of lies and deceit, that will allow them to infiltrate this elite household and live in comfort and excess. However, greed slowly begins to take hold and their scheme becomes a quest for survival. Class discrimination and the pitfalls of excess take centre stage in this critically acclaimed, darkly comedic thriller from Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho.

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Film title

Parasite


Synopsis

The Kim family are struggling to make ends meet in their destitute and grubby basement apartment in Korea, resorting to stealing Wi-Fi from neighbours whilst getting fired from dead-end jobs. In a turn of fortune Ki-woo, the son of the family, is recommended as an English tutor by a friend and finds himself working for the affluent Parks in their stunning, modern mansion. Observing the naivety and ignorance of the Park clan, Ki-Woo and his family begin to devise a plan, full of lies and deceit, that will allow them to infiltrate this elite household and live in comfort and excess. However, greed slowly begins to take hold and their scheme becomes a quest for survival. Class discrimination and the pitfalls of excess take centre stage in this critically acclaimed, darkly comedic thriller from Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho.

strong bloody violence, language, sex, sex references

Director/s

Bong Joon-ho

Year

2019

Country of Production

South Korea

Genres

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller

Language

Korean

Duration

132 minutes

Subtitles

English

Venue name

Exeter Phoenix

Address

Bradninch Place,
Exeter,
Devon,
EX4 3LS

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