{"id":48435,"date":"2019-09-24T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=48435"},"modified":"2019-09-24T16:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T08:56:30","slug":"south-korean-film-parasite-sets-french-box-office-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/09\/24\/south-korean-film-parasite-sets-french-box-office-record\/","title":{"rendered":"South-Korean Film Parasite Sets French Box Office Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a good day for all K-movie goers because the South Korean satire film <\/span><b>Parasite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0was hailed as the most successful Cannes-winning film at the French box office in a span of 15 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48440\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Parasite.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Parasite.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Parasite-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE Festival de Cannes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasite is a dark comedy thriller film directed by <strong>Bong Joon-ho,<\/strong> starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, and Park So-dam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It premiered on May 21 at the <strong>Cannes Film Festival 2019<\/strong> where it won the<\/span> <b>Palme d&#8217;Or<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the highest prize awarded in the film festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AFPnewsenglish\/photos\/pcb.2392603047444351\/2392596627444993\/?type=3&#038;theater<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The film\u00a0is now known as the first-ever Korean film to receive the prestigious award with a unanimous vote since the 2013 French film <em>Blue Is the Warmest Colour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It accumulated USD 90.1 million of box office worldwide to date, with more than 1.6 million tickets sold in France based on the CBO box office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The internationally-acclaimed film tells a story about the Kim family who struggles to survive with low-paying jobs. An opportunity came when the wealthy Park family is looking for an English tutor for their daughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PARASITE - Official Trailer \u2013 In Theaters 10.11.2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/isOGD_7hNIY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To get the job, Kim Ki-woo, portrayed by actor Choi Woo-shik, fakes his credentials to get the job and eventually convinces the Park family to unknowingly hire his whole family. The meeting of the two families unravels intriguing mishaps and secrets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you were not able to watch the film when it premiered in the Philippines last August, you now have the chance to watch it because <strong>Cinema Centenario<\/strong> is currently screening\u00a0it until <strong>September 28<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48437\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/parasite_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/parasite_3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/parasite_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/parasite_3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/parasite_3-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE Cinema Centenario<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tickets are priced at <strong>Php 200<\/strong> and walk-ins are welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cinema Centenario is located at 2F #95 Maginhawa Street, Teachers Village East, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries and ticket reservations, contact Cinema Centenario at 0945-536-7054.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/cannes-race-wide-open-jury-tries-pick-winning-090201099.html;_ylt=AwrC1CpQkulcDigAdx_QtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=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&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANDp1JemDkCXlupy2I5wODKy9erzBtJpcNQuSaUvDbnPCv2wt9IO-B37qB3VuLa3wCnFcCorv6BueUdQOS12ZY1t_7x8zWtV_WwC7c9nU27KYozP4zJlyyMrPFgKA-eZvgL-avT6yss7NV5df8vV8bQ1_yocDfhHHx3VW6jFRseA\">AFP News Agency<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cbo-boxoffice.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBO Box Office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/PHCinema100\/\">Cinema Centenario<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Featured image grabbed from Festival de Cannes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> South Korean satire film Parasite was hailed as the most successful Cannes-winning film at the French box office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[477,10849,2736,10844,10851,10850,10848,10846,10845,10842,10843,10862,10861,10863,10847],"class_list":["post-48435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-film","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-cannes-film-festival-2019","tag-cinema-centenario","tag-internationally-acclaimed-film","tag-korean-film","tag-palme-dor","tag-palme-dor-prize","tag-parasite","tag-parasite-film","tag-parasite-showing","tag-parasite-showing-philippines","tag-parasite-showing-philippines-2019","tag-south-korean-satire-film"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/941b104ac172dc1745b6ba739820c6cc-e1569311045641.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48435"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48468,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435\/revisions\/48468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}