Steven Yeun (Okja) co-stars in this Cannes prize-winning love triangle mystery from Korean great Chang-dong Lee (Secret Sunshine).
"While on a...
Steven Yeun (Okja) co-stars in this Cannes prize-winning love triangle mystery from Korean great Chang-dong Lee (Secret Sunshine).
"While on a delivery, Jongsu (Yoo Ah-in, The Throne) encounters Haemi (newcomer Jong-seo Jun) who reminds him that they were neighbours as children. Later that day, the two become lovers, and when Haemi asks Jongsu to feed her cat while she’s away on a trip to Africa, Jongsu believes that they are to embark on a relationship. But when Haemi returns from the trip with a handsome, rich companion, Ben (Yeun), Jongsu is left confused and heartbroken. A strange confession, and Haemi’s sudden disappearance, thrusts Jongsu’s world into further disarray and he begins an increasingly desperate investigation." (Sydney Film Festival)
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95 %197 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %2,058 reviewsAudience score rating
"It's gripping and unnerving, a noir-style mystery with no answers that goes in entirely unexpected directions (and harbors a hint of William Faulkner too)."
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Vox
Vox"This entire film is meticulously calibrated in its ambiguity, encouraging certain assumptions that neither the characters nor the audience can ever fully verify, so it's best to be on one's toes."
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Variety
Variety"This is Lee's closest ever film to a thriller, but it defies expectations, offering multiple, murky solutions to a set of mysteries at once."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"This is a gripping nightmare."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Undeniably gorgeous, strewn with sequences of pure cinematic verve... The film's sweltering tension and commitment to its lack of easy answers is commendable, but less so is its treatment of women."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald""Burning" is a character study that morphs, with masterly patience, subtlety and nary a single wasted minute, into a teasing mystery and eventually a full-blown thriller."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"This slow burn cooks."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterBurning (2018) | Details
Award winner- Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize (Lee) and the Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist (art director Jum-hee Shin), 2018 Cannes Film Festival
- Rating
- 15, strong violence, sex, nudity, drug misuse
- Runtime
- 148
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- South Korea
