"Parasite" movie poster
The film "Parasite" was released in South Korea in 2019. Fortunately, this year, it won the Palme d'Or in the main competition of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. This is the first time that the Palme d'Or has been awarded in South Korea.
, the film that won the Palme d’Or, tells the story of the poor Kim Ki-taek’s family who unexpectedly succeeded in finding a job in the upper class President Park’s house. However, their ambitions were not satisfied, instead they regarded President Park's family as a quick way for the whole family to become wealthy.
After watching the entire film, I think that the tragic ending of the Kim Ki-zee family at is not accidental, but an inevitable result.
Spiritual decay is the essence of unwilling to enterprising family atmosphere and inevitable
Spiritual decay is the essence of unwilling to enterprising family atmosphere. The so-called unwilling family atmosphere is that the whole family is content with the status quo. This is different from satisfying a good life, but in a difficult situation and still not making any efforts or changes. does not have any kind of success created by people with apathy, the ultimate result can only be failure.
The Kim Ki-zek family eating together
In the movie "Parasite", the Kim Ki-zee family lives at the bottom of the society, and the whole family lives in a small semi-basement and lives together. As long as it rains heavily outside, the water inside the house will overflow, and even alcoholics will urinate through their windows.
Kim Ki-taek’s family has no job. Father Kim Ki-taek was a driver, mother Zhong-sook is a retired hammer thrower, son Ki-woo failed four times in the college entrance examination, daughter Ji-ting has artistic talent but because of family 'S poverty has no money for her to go to school. Although the Kim Ki-zek family is not working, they are in good health and there are no diseases that affect their normal work and life. Even so, they are still unwilling to go out to make money to support their family, and the whole family relies on folding pizza boxes in exchange for living expenses.
It is true that South Korea is under great employment pressure. Behind the film, after his father Kim Ki-ze successfully entered the upper-class family and got the job of driver, he cheerfully said: "In South Korea where 500 college students compete for a job, you can still find a job!" The fierce competition in South Korea can be seen. I don’t deny the possibility that Kim Ki-zek’s family cannot find a job due to problems such as ability and background. However, in addition to the family unemployed, I also saw the lazy family atmosphere of the Kim Kizawa family in the film.
The semi-basement of Kim Kisawa's family
The Kim Kisawa family lives by folding pizza boxes in the store. It is just a simple task of folding the boxes. When the store accepts, there will be a quarter of the pizza boxes that are not up to the standard. From this matter, it is enough to see that is not careful enough to do things. When the
store asked to deduct the remuneration of the box, the mother Zhongshu reacted fiercely and quarreled with the store and disagreed with the store’s approach. At the same time, their son Jiyu and daughter Ji Ting also suggested that the store hire Jiyu. They did not realize that it was their own work mistakes that caused the merchants to be unwilling to pay in full, and they thought it was the merchants who were aggressive and would not introspect.
Under the erosion of such an unwilling family atmosphere, people's aggressiveness will easily become decadent. In Kim Ki-zek's home, the fundamental source of this unwilling family atmosphere is his parents.
In the film, I saw photos of my mother participating in a hammer throw competition vigorously when she was young. They also mentioned their own life experience when they tried to make a cake business but ended in failure. In my opinion, it is the reality and cruelty of society that have smoothed the corners between father Kim Ki-taek and mother Chung-suk. Their fate is horrible, but it is difficult for me to sympathize with the fate of this couple for their unwillingness to entertain their children.
mother's winning photo
Since ancient times, poverty and wealth have been passed down from generation to generation, a universal law that most people cannot overcome. Through this transmission, the gap in the social class will only grow wider. In this kind of intergenerational transmission, not only conveys wealth, but also family traditions, contacts, and so on. I think the most important of these is the hardworking and enterprising spirit. If a person is unwilling to make progress, everything behind is illusory in the sky.
Father Kim Ki-taek and mother Chung-sook not onlyOnly the poverty is passed on to the children, but also the unwilling family atmosphere is passed on to the children. While these transmissions decayed their spirit, they also slowly decayed their lives. From the moment they thought of not seeking to make progress, but thinking about ascending to the upper class of society, the tragic ending was doomed.
The inevitable result of having no goals but not working hard
Watching the entire movie, I can feel the desire of the Kim Ki-zek family to escape poverty. When Kim Ki-woo was introduced to President Park’s home as an English tutor by a friend, he was amazed by the magnificent villa in front of him. I saw from his eyes the envy of President Park’s family, the desire to own a big house, and the desire to become The desire of the rich.
Ki Woo and Mrs. Park are in a conversation
I have to admit that the Kim Ki-taek family is very good at grasping and creating opportunities. From the successful entry of his son Ji Woo as an English tutor, to the introduction of his younger sister Ji Ting as an art teacher for President Park’s son, to his sister Ji Ting’s introduction of father Kim Ki Taek as the driver of President Park’s house, and finally his father Kim Ki Taek introduced his mother. Chung-sook becomes the steward of President Park's house. In this way, the Kim Ki-zek family designed to drive away the original driver and nanny from President Park’s house, and the whole family found a job as they wished and worked in the upper-class President Park’s home.
works in the upper class, and they have also become the enjoyment of President Park’s work success. 's comfortable working life at President Park's house made them want to escape poverty more and more. The family members have revealed their desire to live in President Park’s house forever. Therefore, when the owner goes out camping, they eat, drink and have fun in the villa and splurge, it really feels like they are in their own home.
While finding a job, the "enterprising spirit" of Kim Kizek's family that had been sleeping for many years suddenly came to life. Working in a rich family makes them feel that they are a step closer to being reborn. However, didn't want to get rid of their difficult situation step by step through their own efforts, but instead wanted to use President Park's family as the pedal to reach the sky step by step. 's son, Ji Woo, served as the tutor of President Park’s daughter. He deliberately had physical contact with President Park’s daughter during the first class, and successfully gained her favor. When the family gathered at President Park’s house, he daydreamed about becoming President Park’s son-in-law.
Ji Woo holds the hand of President Park’s daughter
puts aside how Kim Ki Taek’s family entered President Park’s house through improper means. Their family is always making money from their own labor. Their family of four can get a lot of labor remuneration every month. With this amount of money, they could have had the opportunity to change their lives: Jin Jiyu could study hard to enter university in his spare time, or learn some new skills that would help to find a job, so that he could still find it after finishing his home tutoring. One way out. Sister Ji Ting can also learn new skills with her tutoring income. The whole family works hard together, and her younger sister may also be able to go to art college for further studies. In this way, the difficult situation of the whole family can be improved step by step.
But they never paid the right actions for their goals, but placed their expectations on things that were impossible to achieve.
People who have no goals but are unwilling to take the right actions are destined to fail.
The sensitive and fragile psychology is the direct cause of the fragmentation of Kim Ki-taek’s family.
At the end of the film, Kim Ki-taek stabbed President Park to death at a party on the lawn of President Park’s house. Why did Kim Ki-taek choose such an extreme way to kill President Park? Because of President Park and Mrs. Park’s dislike of their family, it hurt Kim Ki-zek’s sensitive heart deeply.
President Park’s family, who was originally scheduled to go out for a picnic, suddenly returned home due to the weather, leaving Kim Ki-taek’s family, who had messed up the villa, into a mess. Except for their mother, the three of them had no choice but to hide under the table in the living room. It was precisely because they were hiding under the table that they heard President Park’s true evaluation of Kim Ki-taek’s family.
Based on the conversation with Ji Ting
In the eyes of President Park, Kim Ki Taek is an experienced driver who knows how to handle the scale. The only thing that makes him dissatisfied is the special taste of Kim Ki Taek-the taste of the poor.
hidden under the tableKim Ki-zek heard President Park’s evaluation, and his sensitive heart suddenly became more fragile. It was also from that time that Kim Ki-taek put on colored glasses that looked down on the poor to President Park, who provided work for the whole family.
The rich look down on the poor, which is actually a normal social prejudice. But Kim Ki-taek magnified this contempt infinitely, and his inner hostility towards President Park also grew spontaneously. His hostility also laid the groundwork for later stabbing President Park himself.
President Park’s family decided to hold a birthday party for his son. The original lively and cheerful dinner was turned into a pot of porridge by the husband of the former housekeeper. Kim Ki-zek's family had a dispute with the former nanny and husband, and Chung-sook missed and killed the former nanny. In order to get revenge, the husband of the former nanny smashed Ji Woo's head with a stone and inserted a knife into Ji Ting's chest. In the face of the sudden change, Kim Ki-zek saw that President Park was only saving his son who was frightened, and Ji Ting, who was completely ignoring the knife, deeply felt the indifference of the upper class people like President Park.
President Park, who pinched his nose because of the smell,
, once again smelled the special smell when President Park picked up the car key. President Park pinched his nose in disgust. This action broke Kim Ki-taek's fragile heart. He lost his mind, inserted a knife into President Park's chest, and ran away.
In the end, Ji Ting was seriously injured and died, Ji Woo was sentenced to probation, and his father, Kim Ji Ze, hid in the villa without seeing the sun. An originally complete family ended up in a fragmented way.
After watching this movie, someone said: "The beauty of this movie is that the director's family is actually very reasonable, but from the perspective of the poor, it will change. "
Kim Kizawa's family is poor Typical representatives of the family, their inner sensitivity and vulnerability are brought about by their growing environment. President Park's inadvertent words can hurt their sensitive hearts.
If Kim Ki-taek's heart can correctly view President Park's evaluation, perhaps the following tragedy will not occur.
Whether it is the momentary pleasure of Kim Ki-taek's parasitic in the home of President Park, or the eventual transformation into a fragmented family, the movie is over, and what is left to us is calm and rational thinking.
The three fathers and sons who ran out of the villa on a rainy day
The tragic ending of the Kim Kisawa family is the inevitable result of their unwilling to enterprising family atmosphere, empty ideals, unwillingness to work hard, and inner sensitivity and fragility . This was the destined ending at the moment when their family was delighted to successfully join President Park's family. Every time their family takes a step towards the so-called good life, they are one step closer to the tragic ending. The more short-lived pleasure they get, the greater the price they pay. The most terrifying thing in life is that when we are blindly optimistic that the future can be expected, but we don't know that a little carelessness ahead will lead us to fall into an abyss.
The Kim Ki-zek family, who always wanted to move towards the rich queue, could not change the tragic ending of the family's destruction.
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