So, how doesParasiteend, and what does it mean?
What Is ‘Parasite’ About?
Ki-woo uses his standing to introduce Ki-jung to the Parks, with her posing as a sought-after art therapist.
Greed and class discrimination threatens the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Who Is the Man in the Basement in ‘Parasite?’
Everything seems to be going fine until Moon-gwang returns to the house, claiming to have left something behind.
What Happens to the Family in ‘Parasite’?
Parasite’s pulse-pounding climactic scenefinds the Kims being invited to Da-song’s birthday party at the Park house.
As the party devolves into hysteria, Ki-taek flees the scene.
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Sometime later, Ki-woo returns to look at the Park house, where another family has since moved in.
We thensee a sequence where Ki-woo makes enough money to buy the house and free his father.
However, it’s quickly revealed that the scenes of Ki-woo buying the house are just in his imagination.
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Why Is the Movie Called ‘Parasite’?
Parasite’s double-ending is what makes it such a gut punch: its about a fantasy.
The Kims arent a lazy family who are simply avoiding hard work.
The prison of wealth is what entraps the Kims in the first place.
The fantasy of upward economic mobility is Ki-woos fantasy.
Were all trapped where we are.
Parasiteis available to stream on Max in the U.S.
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