Parasite, is a south Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho. The story follows a lower-class family Living in the slums of Korea. As their son finds a job working for a rich family as an English tutor, he slowly works to get the rest of his family employed while not allowing the family they are working for to know they are related.

 Despite being a film, in a different language and set in a part of the world I know little about I found the story easy to follow. This isn’t due to any kind of simplicity of the plot, its due to how well the film is shot. The cinematography of this film is stunning the camera uses expansive wide shots and lets the movement of the camera determine the pacing of the movie. My favorite scene in the movie was when a large rainstorm hits the city. As the rain is falling the upper-class wealthy family looks at the rain as a thing of beauty taking in the view from the confines of their own house. As this is happening the lower-class family is seen running to a lower spot in the city to stop their house from flooding. This is just one example of how a scene without words can perfectly fill you in on both of these families and how they feel about the situation they are both in.

I loved parasite and I’m just truly thrilled that movies are making a comeback this year. It’s been a long time since I have seen a film as well made and well-acted as parasite. Even though you will have to read the movie through subtitles it takes nothing away from the film, and though great film making, and great use of camera work this film deserves every award it has been given and more.