Burning

press release: South Korea | 128 min | NR | DCP | Dir. Lee Chang-dong

Thurs February 7 | 7:00 PM

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…

"A languorous, catlike psychological puzzle from one of the essential international masters." - Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune)