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‘Parasite’ Shocks With History-Making Best Cast Win at SAG Awards

The South Korean comedy thriller is the first foreign language film ever to win the ensemble category.

Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite received a two-minute standing ovation at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday night—and that was just when the cast went on stage to introduce the film. Later in the evening the South Korean comedy thriller made history, becoming the first ever foreign-language film to win best performance by a cast in a motion picture. Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Choi Woo-shik, Lee Jung-eun and Song Kang-ho took the stage to accept the award, with Song telling the audience through a translator that “although the title is Parasite, I think the story is about coexistence and how we can all live together.” Although Parasite garnered six Oscar nominations, none were in an acting category.