Parasite – Black and White
Kang-ho Song, Seon-gyoon Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo, Hye-jin Jang, Woo-shik Choi, So-dam Park, Seung-min Hyeon, Hyun-jun Jung, Myeong-hoon Park, Keun-rok Park, Seo-joon Park, Jeong-eun Lee, Hye-ri Yoon
Director Bong Joon Ho shares a love of classic black-and-white films with his cameraman, Hong Kyungpyo. Having previously made a special black-and-white version of Mother (2009), he felt the urge again with Parasite. "I'm sure everyone will have a different opinion about this version. Personally, I think all the characters look even more poignant, and that the distinctions between the three different spaces where the families live, with all the shades of grey, are even more tragic.”
The four-member Kim family lives in a small, run-down flat and is constantly struggling with money. Recommended by a friend, son Ki-Woo gets a chance to work for the rich Park family, and he starts putting together a grand plan… Bong’s masterful genre interplay, with its strong social message, unpredictable narrative, and skillfully paced, darkly comic scenes, deservedly earned the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes IFF. Oscar nomination for Best International Film, Best Picture, Best Director (Bong Joon Ho), Film Editing, Best Screenplay (Original), Best Production Design.