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Friday, 04.10., 8.00 pm, Cinecittà

Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.

With his usual sense of black humor and without resorting to genre, Bong Joon Ho dissects society and thus became the first Korean filmmaker to win the Golden Palm.

BONG JOON-HO

Bong Joon-ho, born in 1969, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His films include the monster movie The Host (2006) and the sci-fi action movie Snowpiercer (2013), both of which are among the highest-grossing films of all time in South Korea. His last work, Okja debuted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, Metacritic ranked Bong #13 on its list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century. His films feature uncomfortable subject matter, black humor and sudden mood shifts.

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