The Parasite, which swept the 92nd Academy Film Festival, is both a Korean and universal movie.

Through poor families living in the ring, rich families living in mansions, and rich families living in mansions, Korea's unique housing structure, we reconcile common problems such as the gap between rich and poor, class conflict, and human dignity.

Bong describes 'parasites' as a staircase film.

At a press conference after the British Academy Awards, he said, "There is a steep staircase between the rich and the poor, and the poor man who tried to go up the stairs ends up going down the stairs. That's the sad aspect of our time."

'Parasite' is the story of Ki-sook's eldest son, Gi-woo (Cho Woo-sik), who is unemployed as Park's high-class tutor.

The film rejects the dichotomous scheme of good and evil.

By putting all the characters in the 'Grey Zone', we try to differentiate them from films with similar themes.

Neither the wicked nor the good are clear.

The families of poor families choose to lie in order to 'invade' the rich father.

Even though Park sometimes gives a sense of contempt, it is not a wicked person.

Bong said, "All the heroes are in the 'grey zone. The poor family does bad things, but the cute little and the rich people are yummy, but nice people.' This must be clearer, but it's hard to predict the story because it's in the gray zone. ”

It is a work that is loved by people all over the world through language barriers, thanks to a combination of exciting developments, solid characters, and steep staircases that clearly represent themes.

Bong explained, "This film is about the courtesy and dignity of human beings." Depending on how well the manners of human beings are respected, they can be divided into parasitic or good meaning symbiosis.

(Photo: provided by CJ ENM, Yonhap News)