Burning (Beoning) [Sub: Eng]
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.
14 June 1946, New York City, New York, USA
21 December 1983, Seoul, South Korea
28 May 1953, Tokyo, Japan
6 October 1986, South Korea
February 04, 2019
Wave your lighters in the air. This bleak movie is one of the year's best.
February 04, 2019
It is interesting and it looks good but it is not involving enough to sustain its 148-minute run time and despite its unusual storytelling the ending proved strangely predictable.
February 04, 2019
There is perhaps a tiny bit of pretentiousness in Lee's approach, but he knows how to fascinate viewers with resonant, tantalising scenes.
February 21, 2019
When Jong-su states, late in the movie, that "the world is a mystery", he may as well be speaking for the audience - even after they leave the cinema.
November 27, 2018
This absorbing, if fitfully frustrating, portrait of love, obsession and jealousy is rarely less than fascinating. It's also a fine showcase for Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead"), who proves he's much more than a Happy Meal for zombies.
March 03, 2019
It's a slow ... burn (haha), but I guess the ending was satisfying. Maybe?
November 27, 2018
The kind of movie whose takeaways you could spend hours debating and still feel miles away from being sure of anything at all.
November 30, 2018
The film paints vivid portraits of three distinct characters and inspires sympathy with a bewildered protagonist; moreover, it depicts a particular social milieu in such a way that one comes to see it as existing beyond the subjects' control.
February 12, 2019
In a toxic new world, the only survivors are those with pacts with the devil.
November 29, 2018
A languorous, catlike psychological puzzle from one of the essential international masters, Lee Chang-dong...
November 15, 2018
A beautifully cryptic slow burner that lingers long in the senses.
December 13, 2018
Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" will leave you breathless.

