On Sunday, February 9, 2020, history was made at the 92nd annual Academy Awards when, for the first time, a foreign-language film took the coveted Best Picture prize — along with three others including Best Director, Original Screenplay and the newly named Best International Feature.
That movie of course was Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite from South Korea, which further made history by being the first and only Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner since Marty in 1955 to also become an Oscar-winning Best Picture.
The feat was momentous and indeed a cause for celebration as I witnessed first-hand traveling after the Governors Ball to the packed-to-the-rafters celebration thrown by distributor Neon at the Soho House in West Hollywood.
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