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List of accolades received by Parasite
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Parasite (Korean: 기생충; RR: Gisaengchung) is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won. The film, which stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam and Jang Hye-jin, follows a poor family as they get employed by a wealthy family and gradually infiltrate their household.
Parasite premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2019, where it became the first Korean film to win the Palme d'Or and the first film to do so with a unanimous vote since Blue Is the Warmest Colour in 2013.[1][2] It was released in South Korea by CJ Entertainment on 30 May 2019,[3] with releases in the rest of the world at the hands of various distributors following through the rest of 2019 and 2020.[a][4] The film screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019.[5] In the United States, it had a limited release in Los Angeles and New York City on 11 October 2019,[6] before expanding wider starting the following weekend.[7] It was released in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2020.[8] Produced on a budget of $11.4 million, the film grossed $262.1 million worldwide,[4] becoming Bong's highest-grossing release and his first film to gross over $100 million globally.[9] Parasite received widespread critical acclaim, with praise directed at its social commentary, direction, screenplay and production values.[b] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 99% based on 467 reviews.[17] It is considered one of the best films of 2019 and of the decade, appearing on and topping multiple critic lists for both categories.[18][19]
Among its numerous accolades, Parasite won four awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film[c] – from six nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards. It became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award recognition, as well as the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.[d][23] The film received four nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Direction, and won Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language. At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, the film earned three nominations, winning Best Foreign Language Film. It was nominated in seven categories at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Director[e] and Best Foreign Language Film. At the Screen Actors Guild Awards, it became the first foreign language film to win Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[24] In addition, it was named Best Foreign Language Film by the National Board of Review and was awarded the AFI Special Award by the American Film Institute.[f]
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Accolades
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Notes
- Several releases were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's latest release was in Croatia on 9 September 2021.[4]
- Although Parasite was the first film with a non-English script to win Best Picture at the Oscars, it is not to be confused with the first foreign film (produced by a company of a country that does not have English as its primary language) to win Best Picture, which was achieved by The Artist in 2012. The French-produced film was largely silent with French intertitles and contained a few spoken lines in English.[20] The Academy dictates foreign language as the main qualification for international film, hence The Artist did not qualify.[21] Moreover, while prior winners The Last Emperor and Slumdog Millionaire include significant amounts of non-English dialogue, they were considered domestic productions.[22]
- Tied with Sam Mendes for 1917
- The AFI Special Award gives recognition to media that falls outside the American Film Institute's eligibility criteria, such as non-American productions.[25]
- Tied with Atlantics
- Also awarded to Fleabag
- Tied with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Tied with Ísold Uggadóttir for And Breathe Normally
- The ceremony was supposed to be held on 14 March 2020, but was indefinitely cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[90]
- Jointly held by Fanny and Alexander (56th Academy Awards), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (73rd Academy Awards), Parasite (92nd Academy Awards).[100] This record was also tied by All Quiet on the Western Front at the 95th Academy Awards.[101]
- Tied with Wesley Snipes for Dolemite Is My Name
- Also awarded to 1917
- Tied with Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
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