It is one of the best films of the year.

You directed it and co-wrote this film.

I went in not knowing what the movie was about

and just heard buzz that this was great.

And I loved it.

I loved it, because -- I don't want to spoil anything.

-Yeah. -It's hard to describe

the movie. -Yeah.

How do you describe "Parasite"?

-[ Speaking Korean ]

-I'd like to say as little as possible here,

because the film is best when you go into the cold.

[ Light laughter ] -Anyway --

Well, this is a talk show. -Yeah, yeah.

-So, you have to say something.

[ Laughter ]

-[ Speaking Korean ]

-It's a story about a family.

The son goes into a rich house as a tutor

and the story unfolds from there.

-Just knock out performance. You just -- oh.

You feel sad for them, and then they make you laugh.

-Yeah. -And then they're in trouble.

And you go, "Oh -- Oh, don't. This is bad."

I mean, seriously, that you go through all of these --

-Yeah. -And then that's just the first,

kind of, half. -They're all very human.

Yeah. It's just funny and scary movie.

[ Laughter ]

[ Applause ]

-Yeah, yeah.

"Parasite" won the grand prize, the Palme d'Or

at the Cannes Film Festival. This is --

[ Cheers and applause ]

It was the first -- It was the first Korean film

to receive the award.

And you were the first Korean director to win the award.

Congratulations on that.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Here's what made me laugh.

I read that it got an eight-minute standing ovation

for the film. -Yeah.

-Eight minutes of people clapping.

And then you got up and all you said was,

"Thank you. Let's all go home."

[ Laughter ]

What happened? Why?

-'Cause actually the screening was very late night,

it was almost midnight and --

[ Speaking Korean ]

-So the standing ovation lasted very long.

But the actors and I were very hungry,

because we couldn't eat dinner. [ Laughter ]

-So, actually, me and the actors --

[ Speaking Korean ]

"I'm so hungry."

-We all were saying to each other, "We're so hungry."

And they ended up subtitling it in the video that was later.

-No, no. [ Laughter ]

-But applause never stopped.

So, finally I said, "Let's go home."

[ Laughter ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-I think that's great.