The film is a class apart! (No Pun Intended) 😀
There are certain films that take you beyond the script. It stops you from continuing your work, makes you sleepless, question things, and forces you to accept the truth. It matches every unjust situation that you see across the world. The parasite is one such film. A film that resonates with the world where hatred tags along with opportunity.
I’m not going to comment here about the story. I’m no reviewer. I like films and I don’t rate them. But I love to describe them, and I’ve failed in that job with this movie. Because I certainly haven’t come across the right word to describe it. ‘Experiment of truth’, maybe? But it did affect me so much that I’m here to talk about how the film matches the world at present.
Like the Kim family who couldn’t make ends meet and lookup for an opportunity, there are people who have lost their livelihood, travel across borders to fend for themselves and their family doing odd jobs. The sophisticated house reminded me of countries where these refugees headed to, in order to start a new life – a life far away from the mess of the war, which kills people like how the fumigation kills the pests and affects your livelihood.
People take up jobs, like the Kim family, and when they first come into the country, they are treated well. Because they couldn’t afford to buy houses in the new country, they don’t have proper hygiene. They sleep on makeshift places, on the roads, take bath only when they find water, and cannot afford deodorants. And as the exodus begins and more people walk into the country, people start commenting about their behavior, just like the Park family. They comment on their appearances, protest against them, and soon, a fight ensues. How would it feel if it was the other way around?
And if you’re thinking that I’ve been talking about India, well no comments. I really CAAn’t talk about the issue. So, I’ll pass 😛
Brazil, a country that has one of the easiest migration policies in the world with its open borders, is unable to tolerate the exodus of people from Venezuela. As people come in and occupy their plazas, defecate in the open, and sleep wherever they could, Brazilians are getting angry at them asking them to go back. They complain of the foul smell that emanates in the neighborhood because of their presence.
Corona Virus is creating hatred among people. Racism is growing enormously because the Virus is spreading like a wildfire. Chinese people are being hated in western countries, Chinatowns are seeing lesser walk-ins, and people don’t want to get closer to a person from China, although they’d never been to the country for so long.
Even today, many families who have drivers or maids with them, call them ‘drivers’ or ‘maids’ as if they don’t have a name.
So, is embracing somebody a short-term affair? I guess it is. It is true that there’s love. But the love should last long for the Parasite to not transform and infect the world. The only way to save the world is to hide the hatred deep within, just like the bunker where Geun-Sae stays!
#RandomThoughts 