Archive of films Burning / Burning

South Korea
2018, 148 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2018

Inspired by a Haruki Murakami short story, Burning tells the tale of young Jong-su, a courier who’s in love with a girl he’s known since childhood. When she returns home from a trip abroad with a strange friend, they form an unlikely threesome. The friend, however, has an unusual hobby…


Synopsis

During a delivery Jong-su meets childhood friend Hae-mi. The young woman is just setting out for Africa and she asks Jong-su to take care of her cat. Excited by the chance meeting after so many years, Jong-su looks forward to her return and dreams of reigniting their relationship. But Hae-mi doesn’t return from her travels alone, and the young man becomes an inadvertent participant in an odd love triangle. This mysterious picture from the Korean writer, director, and onetime culture minister plays as a psychological thriller, but at the same time it forces the viewer to call into question the individual characters’ points of view. Perhaps, therefore, the film is actually something more – something that goes beyond the simplified essence of its genre.

Nikola Paggio

About the director

Lee Chang-dong

Lee Chang-dong (b. 1954, Daegu, South Korea). Selected filmography: Green Fish (Chorok mulkogi, 1998), Peppermint Candy (Bakha satang, 1999), Oasis (Oasiseu, 2002), Secret Sunshine (Milyang, 2007), Poetry (Shi, 2010), Burning (2018)

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section: Horizons
   
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Screenplay: Lee Chang-dong
Dir. of Photography: Hong Kyung-pyo
Music: Mowg
Editor: Kim Hyun, Kim Da-won
Art Director: Shin Jeom-hui
Producer: Lee Joon-dong
Production: PinehouseFilm
Coproduction: Nowfilm, NHK
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Yeun Steven, Jun Jong-seo
Sales: Finecut Co., Ltd
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