‘Parasite’ Oscar Win Means Party Time in South Korea

SEOUL—College film clubs right here huddled around morning beers observing the 92nd Academy Awards, even though place of work employees, possessing just punched the clock Monday morning, followed live updates, and just one elderly shopkeeper with a individual fascination kept monitor via a little Television on a keep shelf.

They have been all awaiting the fate of a hometown film, “Parasite,” whose distinctly South Korean story about socioeconomic course division had unexpectedly charmed the cinema environment.

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