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'Parasite' becomes the first non-English film to win 'Best Picture' at the Academy Awards

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Posted by jennywill Sunday, February 9, 2020

'Parasite' has made history.

It took home 'Best Picture' at the '92nd Academy Awards', making it the first non-English movie to win the feat. This is the 4th award that 'Parasite' is taking home tonight, along with 'Directing', 'International Feature Film', and 'Original Screenplay'.

Congratulations to Bong Joon Ho, Kwak Sin Ae, Han Jin Won, as well as the entire cast!

  1. Choi Woo Sik
  2. BONG JOON HO
  3. SONG KANG HO
  4. PARASITE
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Kryshaun
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Being a non-korean but a lover of Korean Film, dramas and music I still felt proud. Like the world is starting to see what we’ve been seeing all these years. And also seeing that it’s not just KPop. I love that Netflix is putting out more original content. This is just a happy moment.

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We just witnessed something great! Now I’m off to twitter to laugh at all the people who are big mad about it winning.

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