The special movie screening of “PARASITE” in indonesia with ambassador korea
On Friday 14 February 2020, the Korean government in
Indonesia held a special movie screening of "PARASITE", the event was
held at CGV Grand Indonesia, which was attended directly by Ambassador of the
Republic of Korea to Indonesia HE Kim Chang Beom and also Ambassador of the
republic of orea to ASEAN HE Lim Sung Nam, the event was deliberately held
because remembering yesterday the film received 4 awards at once from the
prestigious nomination, Oscar.
Parasite became the first film from South Korea and
even Asia to win an Oscar 2020 in the Best Picture category.
Previously, Parasite had already brought home the
92nd Academy Award trophy through Best Original Screenplay, International
Feature Film (Foreign Language Film), and Best Director. There are 4 total
trophies obtained by this film made by Bong Joon-Ho.
Given a standing ovation by all the guests present,
producer Kwak Sin-Ae gave his victory speech. The stage was also filled with
Parasite cast and film crew, such as Song Kang-Ho, Lee Sun-Kyun, Cho Yeo-Jeong,
Choi Woo-Shik, Park So-Dam, and Lee Jung-Eun, and Chang Hyae-jin .
In Oscar 2020, Parasite entered six nominations
namely Best International Feature Film (Foreign Language Film), Best Director,
Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Film Editing, and Best Production
Design.
Previously, Parasite won the award for the Best
Original Screenplay category in the 2020 Oscar Cup. This award placed Parasite
as the first South Korean film maker in history to win that category.
Parasite defeated famous Hollywood directors, such
as Quentin Tarantino, who wrote the movie script Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
Also defeated the script of the film Marriage Story, Knives Out, and 1917.
In the category of International Feature Films
(Foreign Language Films), Parasite beat the films Pain and Glory (Spain), Les
Misérables (France), Honeyland (Republic of Northern Macedonia), and Corpus
Christi (Poland)
Before winning four Oscars, Parasite also won the
Original Screenplay award in addition to Film Not In The English Language in
the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Parasite is the second Korean film that managed to
bring home the Best Film Not in the English Language trophy in BAFTA throughout
history. The cup was first brought home by South Korea through the film The
Handmaiden by Director Park Chan-Wook in 2018.
In addition, Director Bong Joon-Ho also won the
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) Audience Award which is also known
as the BankGiro Loterij Audience Award.
Long before that, Parasite won the Palme d'Or at the
2019 Cannes Film Festival and became the first South Korean film to get it. At
the 77th Golden Globe Awards, Parasite was also nominated for three awards
including Best Director and Best Screenplay, and won the Best Foreign Language
Film, becoming the first Korean film to achieve this achievement.
Parasite also became the second foreign film ever
nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Extraordinary Appearance by
Cast in a Motion Picture since the film Life Is Beautiful in 1997. Parasite
finally won the category, and incised the history of Korean film on the
international scene.
The story of Parasite itself illustrates the social
and economic inequality of two families. Is Kim Ki Taek (Song Kang-ho) living
in a narrow underground house with his wife, Choong Sook (Jang Hye-jin) and his
two children, Ki-woo (Cho Woo-shik) and Ki-heong (Park So-Dam ). They survive
by folding pizza boxes.
One day Ki-woo's friend offers a job to become an
English tutor for a wealthy family. Ki-woo initially hesitates, but because of
the need for money he finally accepts the job. When he accepted this job, the
family immediately experienced an unexpected adventure.
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