Parasite - 2019 - 7/10
AKA - Gisaengchoong // 기생충
A film of levels. Strata. Ground floor, upper floors. Basement, sub-basement.
Likewise, social levels. Class.
Poor family struggles to survive in pricey urban South Korea.
They mooch wifi and toil low-end, piece work jobs, but life is not sweet.
Via an old classmate friend, the son lands a tutoring job for a privileged daughter.
You watch, as the family maneuvers to shift themselves into the household, cuckoo like.
Inside, economic and social disparities slowly bloom with an aroma that everyone keeps sniffing.
A simmering boil, this will likely be viewed differently, depending on your economic situation.
Affluent will say, “Demand references and check them.” Poor, “Welcome to our world.”
Middle class, however, who are slipping globally, will recognize their future with horror.