Foreign film Parasite bags top prize at SAG Awards 2020
Bong Joon Ho’s Korean class satire, Parasite, became the first foreign-language film to take top honours from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday, setting itself up as a legitimate best picture contender to the front-runner 1917 at next month’s Academy Awards.
Parasite was the clear crowd favourite, where even the cast’s appearance introducing the film drew a standing ovation. Yet until the SAG Awards, the many honours for Parasite have seldom included awards for its actors, none of whom were nominated for an Oscar.
Song Kang Ho, one of the film’s stars, said through a translator, “Although the title is Parasite, I think the story is about coexistence and how we can all live together."
Before the win for Parasite, the SAG Awards served as a reunion for Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who took home awards and celebrated the other’s win.