It is one of the most effective satires in recent memory. She is the archetype of the mistress of a wealthy household: glamorous, naive, and good at wielding power with feminine grace. Parasite catapulted him to a different level of fame, earning him not only the first Academy Award for Best Picture to go to an international film, but also a unanimously-decided-upon Palme d'Or at Cannes. The musty smell follows Ki-Jung wherever she visits, revealing her poverty. Mrs Kim jokingly taunts Mr Kim, comparing him to a cockroach that would run and hide at the first sign of danger. Challenge finding a way out of family's misfortune. Her charismatic personality makes her excellent at fooling the Parks. Ki-jung begins working for the parks under the guise of an art-therapy teacher. Couldnt she have chosen to do so in broad daylight? The local pizza shop informs the Kims that one in four of the pizza boxes they folded were faulty and could not be used. Lee Jeong-eun, who plays Moon-Gwang the housekeeper, also provided the vocalization for Okja the super pig in Bong Joon-hos previous film. He spoils his son and is rather alienated from his desires and happiness. The use of smell in the film is a great analogy for how the Kims literally stink of poverty to the Parks. Their credentials were just as questionable as hers were. Ki-jeong is not only the brains in the family who sets the entire scam operation in motion, she is also pegged by Ki-woo the most likely to succeed in her family as he mentions that Ki-jeong fits in the best at the Parks residence, hinting at her potential for success, but perhaps also foreshadowing her death on the residence grounds. Moon-kwangs appearance at the Park residence is when the film truly starts to take a shocking, sharp turn in pace and direction. These steps are involved in many of the films pivotal moments, including those in the gruesome final act. The film constantly threatens to come apartto take one convoluted turn too many in ways that sink the projectbut Bong holds it all together, and the result is breathtaking. Thats all for my in-depth analysis! For Part 1, to read the Scene-By-Scene Breakdown discussion, go here. Parasite essays are academic essays for citation. Parasite has a cynical view of how class operates in a capitalist society, but as Bong has said, its also painfully realistic. Parasite Summary The film starts with the Kim family, a South Korean family struggling with poverty in a poor neighborhood in an unnamed city. The only truly faultless character in the film is the young Park Da-song. For example, Mr Park making callous comments at the expense of the Kim family which eventually lead to him getting stabbed, Mr Park pressuring Mr Kim to make a fool of himself at Da-songs birthday party with the threat of money, and the Parks only concerning themselves with Da-songs seizure despite the fact that Ki-jeong, someone who works for the Park family, had been stabbed at the birthday party. Staircases are among the many things in Parasite that could be considered metaphorical, as becomes a refrain of the Kims son, Ki-woo (Choi Woo Shik). To download a PDF of the breakdown for Parasite, go here. Parasite tells a story about disparate families, but also about disparate social classes, who are scrambling in a society that doesn't set them up to be protagonists and by default, pushes . She leaves her panties behind in the Parks car as shes being driven home by their original chauffeur, causing Mr and Mrs Park to fire him on the assumption that he had been doing the deed in their car. To access over 70 analyses of previous movie scripts we have read and discussed at Go Into The Story, go here. Moon-kwang reveals that a large cabinet in the basement is actually hiding the entrance to a secret underground bunker, where her husband (Park Myung-hoon) had been living in secret the past few years. Parasite Character Analysis (Avoiding Spoilers) Grew up. The Question and Answer section for Parasite is a great Here are our rankings of the most intelligent and least intelligent characters. Whats their function? He notices the flickering light and deciphers a coded message from his father. Ki-taek and Chung-sook, the patriarch and matriarch, are having trouble finding employment, and their children, Ki-woo and Ki-jung are trying to help in whatever way they can. The family seems to be a tight-knit, supportive group. Mr Kim is the most nonchalant about their misfortunes, even as their house is flooded, leaving the Kims homeless. In his art, Da-song perfectly captures the mans relentless gaze, and even his receding hairline. To download a PDF of the breakdown for Parasite, go here. Parasite Analysis: Navigating the Shift At its exact mid-point, Parasite undergoes a massive tonal shift. After struggling to make ends meet folding pizza boxes for a local pizza restaurant, the Kims are visited by one of Ki-woo's wealthier friends, Min-hyuk, who offers to refer him to a job tutoring for a wealthy family, the Parks. An American DIY Film Movement, When is Golden Hour? Im someone who doesnt mind spoilers, but even I wouldnt wish the spoilers on my worse enemy. She is easily deceived by Ki-jeong's framing of the Park family chauffeur as explained by Dong-ik. The metaphorical themes are presented in as literal a way as possible with the act of this stabbing. Characters are the players in our stories. Mr Parks arrogance and distaste for the smell becomes his downfall. He is obsessed with keeping his employees controlled and hates nothing more than when one of his charges "crosses the line." Dong-ik isn't a terrible guy, but he isn't a great one either. Mr Kim manages to trap Moon-kwang and her husband in the basement and quickly returns to join his family hiding in the living room. Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han, story by Bong Joon Ho. For additional insights into director Bong Joon-hos creative process, listen to him discuss his decisions and directorial style with the other 2019 DGA nominees for best director including Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Taika Waititi, and Sam Mendes: Power shifts from Moon-gwang and her incognito husband to the Kim family as both lower-class families fight for leverage over each other. It seems that Ki-jeong had the most passive hand to play in the situation despite setting off the entire disastrous plot, never going as far as Ki-woo as he forms a romantic relationship with the Parks daughter, or harbouring as much resentment against the Parks as Mr and Mrs Kim. While attending a birthday party for the Parks young son, Da-song (Jung Hyeon Jun), Ki-woo heads to the bunker carrying a heavy scholar stone he once received as a gift intended to bring his family material wealth. characters are most like you. Da-song was perhaps the only hope the Park family had and still they collapsed. This same subject of class is less overt in Parasite but far more grounded and effectively subtle to the point of never overshadowing the story being told for the sake of its themes. Hes skewered classicism in all of his films to some degree. This was foreshadowed early in the film when Mr Kim flicks a stink bug off the table in his house he is the stink bug to Mr Park, a smelly, insignificant insect that is unwelcome, and it is ultimately his stink that triggers his aggression towards Mr Park. It also makes perfect sense to me that a family would have the same smell as they live in the same house and use the same soaps and detergents. Profession English tutor. Perhaps he had just gone crazy, but choosing to go after more of the Kim family guaranteed that he would either be killed himself or that he'd land behind bars. After waking up in the hospital, he and his mother are charged and put on probation. resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss thenovel. as Yeon-kyo ( Mr. Park's wife ), Choi Woo-shik "Parasite" displays the world of the impoverished and the hypocrisy of capitalist "laws." The family lives in abject povertyfirst trying to survive through the precarious work of folding pizza boxes and then finding a hustle by pretending to be middle class, educated and helpful. Mr Kim is eventually condemned to live and hide in the bunker, truly fulfilling the parasite-like behaviour of leeching of its host at someone elses expense. In our Parasite movie analysis video, this mid-point scene was the focus. To take advantage of all of CharacTours features, you need your own personal For Part 3, to read the Character discussion, go here. Acting on impulse, Ki-woo heads to a mountain near the house the Parks have since vacated, and which now belongs to a rich German family. as Chung-sook ( Ki-taek's wife ), Berlinale 2023 Highlights, Part Two: Reality, Manodrome, The Adults, Inside, Golda, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Feted at SBIFF 2023, Revisiting Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tragically Common: Jamie Dack, Lily McInerny and Jonathan Tucker on Palm Trees and Power Lines. When the architect sold the mansion to the Park family, Moon-Gwang survived a change of ownership. GradeSaver, 21st Century Haves, Haves-not: Bong Joon-Ho's Commentary on Contemporary Class Divide in Parasite. Parasite has a lot worthy of analysis and it has a lot to say. This sets off Ki-taek, who stabs Park in the chest before running away and escaping into the basement bunker unseen. Ki-Jung's family was much better off in her childhood when her father owned a cake shop. When you move up the ladder, someone else has to be displaced. They take on odd jobs for cash like folding pizza boxes, and they rely on unprotected wi-fi networks and street-cleaning pesticides to keep their home insect-free. But yet, we cant help but to sympathise with the protagonist family as we witness first-hand their destitute plight and desperation to climb out of squalor. Moon-gwang is pretty remarkable in that she has not only managed to ward off people from taking her job up until the Kim family, but she has also managed to keep her husband hidden in the Park family basement for alongtime. Ill do a spoiler-free review first, followed by an in-depth analysis, so dont scroll too far if youve not caught the movie. She is seamless in her execution and rarely makes a misstep. As mentioned, the film contains a huge, exciting twist that drives the plot ahead at full speed, so do yourself a favour and DONT spoil it for yourself! As Da-song faints in fear, Mr. Park yells at Ki-taek to throw him the car keys, so that they can take Da-song to the hospital. Kim Ki-woos life changes when a friend offers to recommend him as an English tutor for a girl hes been working with as the friend has to go out of the country for a while. The film was, for lack of better descriptors, a fucking wild trip. The Kim family is destroyed; Ki-jung is killed, Ki-woo is left brain-damaged, and Ki-taek is forced into hiding after he snaps and acts out a classism-driven murder in the chaos of the birthday party. Presented with the opportunity to tutor the Parks teenage daughter at the beginning of the film, he recruits his sister, Ki-jung (Park So Dam), father, Ki-taek (Song Kang Ho), and mother, Chung-sook (Chang Hyae Jin), to masquerade as unrelated workers so they can oust the Parks current help, infiltrate the household and take advantage of the familys surplus wealth. Although Ki-Woo lacks the charisma his sister Ki-Jung exhibits, Ki-Woo is an excellent scammer. Chung-sook is framed as deceiving the family by hiding a dangerous illness. He may be the youngest of the Park family, but he is by no means the dumbest. His sister is dead, his fathers whereabouts unknown. It is somehow, and Im still not even really sure how, both joyous and depressing at the same time. Synopsis. When a writer does their best, digging deep into their characters, tapping into their souls, the players in our stories magically lift up off the printed page and come to life in a readers imagination. Outside of the sub-basement, violence erupts, and the prophetic scholars stone becomes an instrument of violence. The real deception is carried out by the Kims, and it works flawlessly. The Park family is also blissfully unaware that the Kims are all related, but the observant young Park son, Da-song (Jung Hyun-joon) notices that all the new hires smell the same. The most interesting part of this dynamic film is the variety of characters. We can't blame him too much for developing such trust in Ki-taek that he doesn't see his impending death coming right for him. For a full deep-dive analysis into how the themes of Parasite were previously tackled in Bong Joon-hos other films, check out this video essay on the subject: The Kim family may be below the Parks in status, but even they can look down on Moon-gwang and her husband. To take advantage of all of CharacTours features, you need your own personal The emotionally-affecting resonance of the ending is the perfect cap to the wonderfully layered social commentary spread throughout the film. The Parks suddenly call, informing Mrs Kim that they would be arriving home in 8 minutes. However, things went downhill from there. Geun-sae is Moon-gwang's husband, who is living in the bunker underneath the Parks' house, hiding out from the loan sharks who want to kill him. It seemed intentional that the director lingered on this frame for a moment, hinting at a more sinister development to come. The film continues with Ki-woos narration. A knocked-out Moon-kwang soon gains consciousness and tries to flee up the basement stairs just as Mrs Park arrives back home, but Mrs Kim deals a deft kick to Moon-kwangs chest, sending her tumbling down the stairs and landing in the basement with a sick thud of her head against the concrete wall. After expressing some doubt at the lies he would have to sell to land the tutoring gig, Ki-woo enlists the help of the artistic Ki-jeong to forge university papers for him in order to land the job. Moon-Gwang has been living in the mansion as the architect's housekeeper since it was first built. *MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!! Geun-se worshiped Mr. Park and his professional success but continued to live beneath him. After getting referred for a tutoring gig, he orchestrates a plan in which his whole family begins working for the same wealthy family. For Part 2, to read the Plot discussion, go here. Objectively, I would say that this has to be the best film that Ive ever watched. One clear way to explain the movie is: Parasite is about class. Class is the primary target of social commentary within Parasite. Prior to Parasite in 2019, his most focused social commentary on class was found in his 2013 film Snowpiercer which saw the lower class positioned at the back of a train in squalid conditions while the wealthy lived large at the head of the train. I tried to avoid it. Moon-kwangs husband escapes up the basement and into the house. Working with the incredible cinematographer Kyung-pyo Hong (Burning, Snowpiercer) and an A-list design team, Bong's film is captivating with every single composition. The crimes of Moon-kwang and her husband are obvious too, leeching off the Park familys wealth to harbour the husband in the house, and threatening to out the Kims for their scam despite their own complicity. How could they possibly compare to a couple leeching off the Parks like this? Though Parasite cannot be confined to a single genre, it centers its focus on class struggle, a sort of precursor to the warfare of Bongs 2013 thriller Snowpiercer. The staircases represent divisions of class and power the Kims wonder upon wandering upstairs whether, in a just world, they would also belong among the rich, so far above ground; upon descending to their flooded apartment in a storm that merely throws off the Parks camping trip, the Kims are reminded of the disparities between the two families. Writers can shade and shape a storys character in limitless ways. Parasite dominated the Academy Award, including a Best Picture win. The operatic music and effects when Mrs Park spotted Moon-kwang coughing into a tissue as she ascends the stairs into the house. To explain Parasites ending, we turn to the directors own words: You know and I know - we all know that this kid isn't going to be able to buy that house. Despite their circumstances, you never get the sense that theres any animosity or resentment between them; only a shared discontentment for their living and financial situation. Elevation clearly equates to status; the parks have a multi-level home at the top of the hill while the Kims live below street level in a semi-basement, and the surprise 3rd party lives deep underground in a sub-basement. However, things went downhill from there. The cinematography was also amazing. Its here where we can finally analyse who is the parasite in the film, and who are the antagonists? Ki-woo prepares a letter in response, swearing that he would work hard to earn enough money to eventually buy the house and free his father. One night, as the Parks are away on a camping trip to celebrate Da-songs birthday, the Kims break into the liquor cabinet and lounge in the Parks living room getting drunk and discussing their newfound comfort and the precarious situation. But, before we dig deeper into the social commentary, lets take a look at how the film managed to break through to an unmatched audience size. Ki-jeong manages to gain the trust of the young Da-song, and was even the last person to show compassion towards Moon-kwang and her husband, offering to bring them food when theyre trapped in the basement. Seeing an opportunity to get his artistically talented sister, Ki-jung, a job, Ki-woo says that he knows someone named "Jessica" who went to college in Illinois, who might be perfect for the job. Now he leads a pleasant life in the mansion with his wife Yeon-Kyo and two children. He has good intentions, even if he is dishonest about how he achieves success, and just wants to create a better life for his family. Parasite Character Analysis (Avoiding Spoilers) Living in Park family's beautiful mansion in the wealthy neighborhoods of Seoul, South Korea. I left the cinema around 2am reeling and shookt, and was still desperately Googling and researching for the films reviews and analyses two hours later. Parasite has proven to be a groundbreaking achievement for South Korean movies. in a middle-class home that was neither poor nor terribly wealthy. Suddenly, the Kims fall down the stairs of the bunker in a pile, after listening in on the conversation. RELATED: 5 Reasons Why HBO's Parasite Is A Good Idea (& 5 Why The Movie Should Be Left Alone). A highlight of the film for me that cannot go uncredited was the music and score. It is his success in passing as a competent English tutor that allows him to invite Ki-jeong into the home and so on. Just trust me on this one. More books than SparkNotes. What is Parasite about? Parasite Genre Shift Subscribe on YouTube Writing Exercise: Think about each character. But if you dig down deep enough, you can find each characters narrative function, and that can become a lens through which you develop the players in your stories. This movie has a major twist midway, so please dont spoil the movie for yourself and please catch this in the cinema! On that fateful day, he ran from the backyard with blood on his hands not Mr. Parks, as one might assume, but his own daughters. The family lives in a garden unit where they struggle finding a Wi-Fi signal to sneak into in order to get . "Parasite" concludes where it begins, in the semi-basement apartment. 31 Parasite Character Analysis (Avoiding Spoilers) Grew up. It perfectly encapsulated each moment of the film, whether it was absurdist humour, dark humour, escalating tension, or setting the tone for future revelations. The argument between the two families becomes violent, with the Kims temporarily coming out on top. Official Screenwriting Blog of The Black List. The second half of Parasite is one of the most daring things Ive seen in years narratively. At this stage, a creepy sense of foreboding has set in. Some time ago, she and her husband purchased the beautiful mansion from its architect. The film begins with the Kim family at home in their tiny, cramped basement apartment. He stands in the woods near the Parks' house, which has been bought by Germans, and observes that the censor light is turning on and off in a patternMorse Code. They take the affluent home as their own while the Parks are away and thats when Moon-gwang shows back up and everything changes. She likes to play games with Ki-taek, calling him a cockroach and belittling him, as part of their marital dynamic. During the hazing scene as the Kim family enjoy free fumigation services, Mr Kim is the only one visibly not affected by the toxic fumes. Ki-Woo's high school friend persuaded Ki-Woo to take his place as an English tutor for the Parks family's young girl. For his family members' employment, Ki-Woo manipulates the Parks into firing their original chauffeur and housekeeper without much thought about what will happen next. Chung-sook is the matriarch of the Kim family. Mr Kim is even needlessly proud when he discovers his childrens deceptive skills. open/close all folders General The Kim family The Kim family as a whole Kim Ki-taek Kim Chung-sook Kim Ki-woo Kim Ki-jeong The Park family The Park family as a whole Park Dong-ik Park Yeon-kyo Park Da-song Park Da-hye Other characters Min Moon-gwang Geun-sae Yoon Previous Index Next And by the time she's left the Park family home, she is already making her next play by taking off her underwear and hiding them discreetly, but not so discreet that they can't be found by Dong-ik. The rest of the Kims scramble to clean up the mess they had made, sweeping everything under the couch and hiding under the living room table. Each family has their own desperate reasons to continue leeching off the wealth of the Parks, and both would stop at nothing to do what is best or necessary for their family. Please enable Javascript and hit the button below! Living in a small, musty semi-basement in the slums of Seoul, South Korea. Ki-woo is what really gets the Kim family through the Park family's door. They get Ki-taek a job as Mr. Park's driver, after Ki-jung leaves her underwear in the car to make it look like his previous driver was having a sexual relationship in the car. The film is obviously a social commentary on the class divide in South Korea, but its so much more than that. Here, the director drags out the scenes of the Kim family running, down, down, down several flights of stairs to reach their neighbourhood. Its here we can clearly see how money and richness have made the Parks blind and naive. However, to qualify for the job, Ki-Woo must forge his identity from a man in his mid-20s with no formal education to a student studying business at an elite university. I think that everyone, particularly the Kim family and Moon-kwangs family, showed parasitic behaviour. "Parasite"is so perfectly calibrated that theres joy to be had in just experiencing every confident frame of it, but then thats tempered by thinking about what Bong is unpacking here and saying about society, especially with the perfect, absolutely hauntingfinal scenes. Parasite was not just the first South Korean film to win the foreign language prize at the Oscars but also the first foreign language film from any country to win the overall best picture prize. Ki-taek, the father, begins working as the Park family chauffeur after the Kims have removed their previous chauffeur from his position, and similarly Chung-sook, the mother, replaces Moon-gwang, the housekeeper who has served the home longer than the Parks have even lived there. As Mrs Park eats in the kitchen, she shares with Mrs Kim the story of the trauma Da-song experienced when he was younger. Even my boyfriend, whos no cinephile, was thoroughly impressed by the film and we spent the next hour or so discussing it. With a run-time of 2hrs 15mins that you would barely notice due to the amazing pacing of the film, the film moves seamlessly through its different genres and settings without missing a beat. Lets shift gears from a Parasite summary to a Parasite movie analysis. The films social commentary on class is at its strongest in this depiction of the lower classes fighting against each other rather than against the 1% who truly hold more accountability. As she cynically comments, "It's the basement smell. The clean, empty spaces of the Park home contrasted against the tight quarters of the Kim living arrangement isnt just symbolic, its visually stimulating without ever calling attention to itself. *SPOILER WARNING* Major, major spoilers ahead! Follow along with the Parasite script as StudioBinder is used to recreate what the actual script breakdown may have looked like. He is a violent and desperate man, and ends up going on a killing spree after the Kims kill his wife, Moon-gwang. 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