Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" Becomes 1st Korean Film Ever To Win Palme D'Or At Cannes Film Festival

Director Bong Joon Ho’s new movie “Parasite” has just made Korean film history!

On May 25 local time, “Parasite” won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, making it the first Korean film ever to snag the historic film festival’s top prize.

According to Cannes jury president Alejandro Inarritu, the nine-person jury’s decision to award “Parasite” the Palme d’Or was “unanimous.”

The film, which marks Bong Joon Ho’s second film ever to be featured In Competition at Cannes (his first was the critically-acclaimed 2017 film “Okja”), tells the story of Gi Taek (played by Song Kang Ho) and his family, who are all unemployed. When his eldest son Gi Woo (played by Choi Woo Shik) begins tutoring the daughter of a wealthy man named Park (played by Lee Sun Gyun) and his wife (Jo Yeo Jeong), the two families start to interact in unexpected ways.

While accepting the award, Bong Joon Ho remarked, “The film ‘Parasite’ was a surprising risk. The reason that I was able to make this movie was the artists that worked together with me.” He added, “Above all else, I would not have been able to film a single scene without these great actors. Thank you to the actors.”

Jury president Alejandro Inarritu later commented, “Cinema must try to raise the global social conscience. We shared the mystery of the unexpected way this film took us through different genres, speaking in a funny, humorous, and tender way of no judgment of something so relevant and urgent and so global.”

Congratulations to the film’s cast and crew!

GISAENGCHUNG (PARASITE) by Bong Joon-Ho has been awarded the Palme d'or! Congratulations to the whole film crew! ✨
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GISAENGCHUNG (PARASITE) by Bong Joon-Ho vient de recevoir la Palme d'or de #Cannes2019 ! Félicitations à toute l'équipe du film ! ✨ pic.twitter.com/1L1CanIXyY

— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) May 25, 2019

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