Daily puzzle #12

The answer: Parasite

Movie · 2019 · Bong Joon Ho

Bong Joon Ho's film works as a heist comedy for its first hour and then turns, without warning, into something far sharper about class. The house was built as a set so that every staircase could tell you who is above whom. Go in knowing as little as possible, then watch it again for how carefully the first half sets up the second.

The six clues

1. A South Korean film from 2019 that mixes dark comedy and thriller.
2. It was the first film not in English to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
3. A poor family in a semi-basement apartment cons its way into working for a rich household, one job at a time.
4. A torrential rainstorm floods one family's home while the other worries their camping trip will be cancelled.
5. A secret bunker is hidden beneath the wealthy family's modern house.
6. Directed by Bong Joon Ho, it follows the Kim family and the Park family.