84: Parasite (2019)

Have you ever wondered what people will do when they feel trapped—when the world seems rigged against them, no matter how hard they work? That’s the heart of our movie this week, 2019’s Parasite. 

Directed by Bong Joon-ho, Parasite tells the story of two families living completely different lives in the same city. The wealthy Park family lives in a beautiful house on a hill, while the Kim family struggles to get by in a cramped basement apartment. When the Kims slowly find ways to work for the Parks—pretending not to know each other—it feels clever, almost funny at first. But the further they go, the darker things get.

The movie starts out as a comedy, then slowly turns into a tense thriller and finally something tragic. It shows how far people will go just to survive or feel seen. The Parks aren’t evil—they’re just out of touch. The Kims aren’t villains either—they’re desperate. But in a world where one family has everything and the other has nothing, kindness and fairness start to disappear.

What makes Parasite so powerful is how real it feels. You see it in the small details: the rain that floods the poor neighborhoods but barely touches the rich, the smell that gives away where someone comes from, the dream of a better life that always seems just out of reach.

By the end, Parasite leaves you with tough questions—about class, privilege, and what happens when people stop seeing each other as equals. It’s not just a movie about Korea—it’s about all of us, and the invisible walls we build between one another. 

So join us by sitting back, relaxing, grabbing some popcorn, a drink and your lucky stone as we deep dive into this 2019 award winning classic, Parasite. 

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