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Burning (2018)

17/05/2018 (JP)Mystery, Drama, Thriller2h 28m
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The truth is all in your head.

Overview

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Yoo Ah-in

      Yoo Ah-in

      Lee Jong-su

    2. Steven Yeun

      Steven Yeun

      Ben

    3. Jun Jong-seo

      Jun Jong-seo

      Shin Hae-mi

    4. Kim Soo-kyung

      Kim Soo-kyung

      Yeon-ju

    5. Choe Seung-ho

      Choe Seung-ho

      Lee Yong-seok

    6. Moon Sung-keun

      Moon Sung-keun

      Lawyer

    7. Min Bok-gi

      Judge

    8. Ban Hye-ra

      Ban Hye-ra

      Jong-su's Mother

    9. Cha Mi-kyung

      Cha Mi-kyung

      Hae-mi's Mother

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    A review by The Movie Diorama

    8.0
    Written by The Movie Diorama on Jan 16, 2020

    Burning singes its psychological character study with a thrillingly igneous mystery. The cosmic fires of the sun. Its radiance encapsulating our world with warmth and tenderness. The perfect distance for sustainability. Equilibrium. Its rich beating rays corrupting the impressionable youth, granting life in the most deciduous souls. The Sun sets. And much like its vanishing point, the resonance of its warmth dissipates, only leaving numbing bitterness. Chang-Dong’s adaptation of Murakami’s ‘Barn Burning’ is an arresting piece of psychology. An ambiguous analysis perceiving the wealthy to em...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageKorean

    Budget$7,280,000.00

    Revenue$6,591,038.00

    Keywords

    • fire
    • jealousy
    • dreams
    • countryside
    • love triangle
    • cat
    • sex shop
    • sadness
    • sunlight
    • suspicion
    • greenhouse
    • love
    • arson
    • writer
    • class differences
    • based on short story
    • burning
    • metaphor
    • meditative
    • mysterious
    • dance ritual
    • complex
    • rural setting
    • sunsets
    • return to hometown
    • seoul, south korea
    • understated
    • disappearing