Parasite: dir Bong Joon Ho (2019)

The South Korean smash hit and multi award winner (including the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2019 and a Best Picture Oscar) is a black comedy thriller: it follows the street-smart Kim family scamming their way into the household of the Park family, the epitome of aspirational wealth. It’s widely regarded as a critique of late-stage capitalism; it’s also very funny, in an agreeably dark way …

This film screens as part of the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Cannes Nights series, inviting the audience to “experience the glamour of the Cannes Film Festival” in collaboration with the Institut Français. Screenings take place in the museum’s auditorium.