The cast and director of 'Parasite' (From left): Song Kang-ho Song, Park So-dam, director Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, and Lee Sun-gyun. Photo: AP
Parasite has officially infected this year's award season. Bong Joon-ho's Korean class satire became the first foreign language film to take top honours from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday (Monday morning, Malaysian time), setting itself up as a legitimate best picture contender to the front-runner 1917 at next month's Academy Awards.
The best ensemble win for Parasite came over the starry epics Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and The Irishman. It was a surprise but only to a degree. Parasite, up for six Oscars including best picture, has emerged as perhaps the stiffest competition for Sam Mendes' 1917, which won at the highly predictive Producers Guild Awards on Saturday.
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