Burning

2018 Thriller Drama Mystery Prime Video
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Jong-su works a delivery job and runs into Hae-mi, a girl he used to know, who asks him to watch her cat while she travels to Africa. When she returns, she has brought someone with her: Ben, wealthy, handsome, calm in a way that is either spiritual or sinister. Hae-mi disappears. Jong-su cannot prove anything happened. Based on a Haruki Murakami short story, Lee Chang-dong's masterwork is a film about class resentment, male jealousy, and the specific way that poverty makes everything look like it might be a conspiracy — because it is, only not the kind you can prosecute. Steven Yeun's performance as Ben is the most controlled piece of menace in modern Korean cinema.

Where to Watch
Class DivideJealousyDisappearanceAmbiguityMasculinityRage
Unreliable NarratorLove TriangleMysterious Wealthy ManObsessionClass Conflict
Slow BurnMenacingAmbiguousLiteraryBeautiful
Cast
Yoo Ah-in as Jong-suSteven Yeun as BenJeon Jong-seo as Hae-mi

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