132 mins |
Rated
R13 (Violence, offensive language & sex scenes)
Directed by Joon-ho Bong
Starring Woo-sik Choi, Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Cho, Hyae Jin Chang, So-dam Park
A poor family's and a rich family's lives unexpectedly intersect in this Palme d'Or-winning surrealist drama from South Korean auteur, Bong Joon-Ho.
Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed. When the son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend for a well-paid tutoring job at the rich Park family he carries the expectations of all his family. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.
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A poor family's and a rich family's lives unexpectedly intersect in this Palme d'Or-winning surrealist drama from South Korean auteur, Bong Joon-Ho.
Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed. When the son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend for a well-paid tutoring job at the rich Park family he carries the expectations of all his family. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.