The circle is complete. After winning trophies over trophies during the 2020 award season, Parasite ends this glorious tour by leaving with the César for best foreign film. The South Korean satire Bong Joon-ho wins against the works of Quentin Tarantino ( Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood ) and Todd Philips ( Joker ) in particular, also named in the category.
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Nine months ago, nothing could have predicted such a success for Korean feature films. If not the Palme d'Or won at Cannes in May 2019. From then on, the prices were linked: a Golden Globe, two BAFTAs, and four Oscars ... A triumph which validates the policy and artistic choices of the Cannes film festival.
Bong Joon-Ho's feature tells the story of an unemployed family who infiltrates a home for the wealthy in an attempt to rob them, which gives rise to social and humorous satire which turns into a real thriller, with a plot full of mysteries and twists.