Film: "Burning"
A suspenseful adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s story about a love triangle gone wrong.
When unassuming Jong-su runs into Hae-mi, a childhood friend he barely recognizes, he is lured into her apartment where she asks if he’ll take care of her cat while she is away. One thing leads to another, sparking an obsession inside Jong-su that only festers while he watches over her empty home. But, when Hae-mi returns from abroad, she is accompanied by Ben, a confident man of taste who both compels and repels Jong-su with his eccentric fixations. Jong-su finds himself caught in a love triangle he doesn’t understand, until Ben reveals a tantalizing secret that sets Jong-su on a path of irreversible consequences.
Inspired by a Haruki Murakami short story, Lee Chang-Dong’s first film in over eight years earned the highest critical ratings in Cannes’s history. An expert in narrative craftsmanship, director Lee’s approach captures a careful dance between memory, silence and mystery, weaving a narrative spell that is nothing short of masterful.
D: Lee Chang-Dong, South Korea, subtitled, 2018, 2h28m
