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BURNING
May 23, 2018
- Writer by JEONG Kyu-hwan
- View1416
2018 | 148 MIN | Drama
DIRECTOR LEE Chang-dong
CAST YOO Ah-in, Steven YEUN, JUN Jong-seo
RELEASE DATE 17 May, 2018
CONTACT Finecut
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BURNING is the new film from renowned director LEE Chang-dong. LEE’s works include the 2007 Venice Film Festival Special Director’s Award-winning Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), which earned JEON Do-yeon the Best Actress Award at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, and Poetry (2010), which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The Film is based on a short story by the bestselling Japanese author of ‘Norwegian Wood’ and ‘1Q84’, MURAKAMI Haruki, and is co-written by LEE Chang-dong and OH Jung-mi.
BURNING tells the story of three individuals and a mysterious incident they experience. Jongsu bumps into an old friend, Haemi, on a part-time delivery job. Haemi asks Jongsu to take care of her cat while she leaves on a trip to Africa. When she returns, Haemi introduces Jongsu to Ben, a man she met in Africa. One day, Ben and Haemi pay Jongsu a visit, and Ben reveals his secret interests to Jongsu.
YOO Ah-in of Veteran (2015), plays the naïve and sensitive Jongsu, Steven YEUN of The Walking Dead fame plays the mysterious Ben and newcomer JUN Jong-seo plays Haemi, Jongsu’s friend, and love interest.
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