Burning

In Competition, Cannes 2018

Directed by: Lee CHANG-DONG
Country: SOUTHERN KOREA
Year: 2018
Length: 148 minutes
Genre: drama

Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, 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 Jongsu an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. And one day Ben tells Jongsu about his most unusual hobby…