Director: Lee Chang-dong.
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo.
148 minutes, South Korea, 2018.
Based on a Murakami short story, South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong’s (Poetry 2010) has fashioned a masterful mystery thriller about obsession, unrequited love and alienation.
Jong-soo (Yoo Ah-in) rival for the affection of Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo) is the urbane Ben (Steven Yeun).
Desire turns to obsession as Jong-soo questions not only Hae-mi attraction to Ben, but also Ben’s very strange hobby.
Festivals:
Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2018.
Munich International Film Festival 2018.
Cannes Film Festival 2018.
Toronto International Film Festival 2018
Awards:
Cannes Film Festival 2018 FIPRESCI Prize.
Cannes Film Festival 2018 Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist Jum-hee Shin (art director).
Cannes Film Festival 2018 Nominated Palme d’Or Chang-dong Lee.
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea, winner Best Director – Chang-dong Lee, Best Actor Ah-In Yoo and Best Supporting Actor Steven Yeun.
“Desire, ravenous and ineffable, shudders through Burning, the latest from the great South Korean director Lee Chang-dong”. – Manohla Dargis, NY Times
“Sex, envy and pyromania make for a riveting mystery in Lee Chang-dong’s masterfully crafted Murakami adaptation”. Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian.
Admission:
Attendance at a single Screening €8 or Concession €6 on the door.
