Director Bong Joon-ho is also likely to come home with the golden Oscar statuette in February. - Rich Fury / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

  • Bong Joon-ho's South Korean family drama, Parasite , became the first foreign feature film to win the best distribution trophy at the SAG Awards on Sunday.
  • This satire tells how an idle family invites itself into the daily life of a wealthy family, the start of an uncontrollable spiral.
  • The ceremony, organized by the powerful American actors' union, is one of the barometers of the Oscars, which will take place in February 2020.

It is the most prestigious award of the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards. The South Korean film Parasite , already a Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival last year, won the prize for the best set of actors on Sunday January 19 in Los Angeles. It thus becomes the first foreign feature film to obtain the prize for the best casting awarded by the actors' union.

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- NEON (@neonrated) January 20, 2020

Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this social satire is that of the family of Ki-taek. Unemployed, she is very interested in the lifestyle of the wealthy Park family. One day, their son succeeds in being recommended to give private English lessons at the Park. It is the beginning of an uncontrollable gear, from which nobody will leave truly unscathed. The film has enjoyed worldwide success since its release, from South Korea to the United States, via Europe.

"I'm a little embarrassed, with the impression that we are now the parasites of Hollywood," joked one of the actors in the film, Lee Sun-Kyun. This historic victory may therefore not be the last.

"This film deals with coexistence"

The SAG Awards ceremony is indeed particularly observed, because it constitutes an indicator for the ceremony of the 92nd Oscars of February 9, which will also take place in Los Angeles: 1,200 of their members vote at the Academy of cinema arts and sciences, who presents the prestigious golden statuettes, out of a group of 6,000 in total. Parasite is therefore a favorite for the Oscar for best foreign film. This work is also approached by bookmakers for a nomination in the queen category for best film.

The feature film also won the Best Foreign Language Film award ten days earlier at the Golden Globes, the awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "Although the title is Parasites , I think this film is mainly about coexistence and how we can all live together," said actor Song Kang-ho, who plays the father of this "parasitic" family.

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