This work is focused on the problems that are presented in the 2019 film called Parasite by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho. I try to find the key elements and topics of the work and I connect them to the relevant social theories. One of the main topics is capitalism critics which I connect to the Marxist theory and social inequality. I also include gender theories, individualism and (self)orientalism. I conducted my own film analysis based on these previous topics and visual, content and genre elements. I also analysed the written critics by Slovenian authors published in the media. In relation to that, I conducted a focus group including interested viewers. I try to explain the reasons for the major popularity of the film among critics as well as all the other viewers and find the ways it tries to elaborate on trending social problems. The focus is also on the specifics of the South Korean film industry, Bong Joon-ho’s opus and his involvement in the global cinematography. The findings are that the reason for the popularity of the film is in the connection between the quality of the production and a strong storyline.
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