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Burning (Korean: 버닝; RR: Beoning) is a 2018 South Korean-Japanese psychological drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Lee Chang-dong. The film is based on the short story "Barn Burning" from The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami, with elements inspired by William Faulkner's story of the same name.
1. a. : being on fire. b. : ardent, intense. burning enthusiasm. 2. a. : affecting with or as if with heat. a burning fever. b. : resembling that produced by a burn. a burning sensation on the tongue. 3. : of fundamental importance : urgent. one of the burning issues of our time. burningly. ˈbər-niŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. ablaze.
Oct 26, 2018 · Based loosely on Haruki Murakami's short story Barn Burning, "Burning" is Lee's first film in eight years, and it is a bleak and almost Darwinian vision of the world, survival of the fittest laid bare in sometimes shocking brutality.
May 17, 2018 · Burning: Directed by Lee Chang-dong. With Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung. Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa.
Oct 26, 2018 · Burning patiently lures audiences into a slow-burning character study that ultimately rewards the viewer's patience -- and subverts many of their expectations. Jong-soo runs into Hae-mi, a girl...
- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Sep 23, 2020 · Based on a story by #HarukiMurakami, Korean master Lee Chang-dong’s remarkable new thriller #Burning was the most acclaimed film of Cannes, setting a record for the highest-ever score achieved ...
Sep 26, 2018 · BURNING: Watch Now On Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD | Burning is the searing examination of an alienated young man, Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a frustrated introvert wh...
Synonyms for BURNING: flaming, blazing, burnt, flickering, smoldering, burned, lighted, lit; Antonyms of BURNING: dead, extinguished, smothered, choked, stamped (out), quenched, damped, snuffed (out)
Burning. An introverted young man, Jongsu (Ah-in YOO), finds romantic interest in a young woman from his past, Haemi (Jong-seo JUN). One day she returns from a trip with Ben (Steven YEUN), a wealthy and sophisticated young man.
Burning, the 2018 FIPRESCI Prize-winning film from South Korea, has a mysterious quality to it, and not just because this romantic drama-thriller also belongs (perhaps most of all) to the mystery genre.