In Parasite we encounter a family of four, living in a rundown semi-basement apartment in Seoul. With varying degrees of luck, they borrow the internet from the floor above, and to get food on the table pack pizza boxes for a restaurant chain nearby. Despite their love and strong familial bonds, they struggle in life. After a visit from a friend of the family's son, a golden opportunity, a way out of their misery suddenly reveals itself: The family does not hesitate and grabs this opportunity with both hands. At the director's own request, no more of the action will be revealed here - Parasite is an experience best enjoyed without too much previous knowledge.

Bong Joon-ho (b. 1969) is one of South Koreas most internationally renowned filmmakers, who is also extremely successful in his home country: Both his horror movie The Host (2006) and the English-language action thriller Snowpiercer (2013) are in South Korea among the most watched films of all times. Bong achieved his breakthrough as a director with the 2003 crime thriller Memories of Murder.