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PARASITE

OUT 7 FEBRUARY

CERTIFICATE 15 DIRECTOR Bong Joon-ho STARRING Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik, Park So-dam SCREENPLAY Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won-han DISTRIBUTOR Curzon RUNNING TIME 132 mins

A new Bong Joon-ho film always excites expectations. The South Korean director has amassed quite a CV: , , , and Netflix giant-pig. The Palme d’Or-winning follows suit. Gripping from first frame to last, it again showcases Bong’s love of hopping between genres – pitch-black comedy here holds sway, but there’s drama, social commentary, horror and a surprising amount of heart.

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