Burning

About Burning

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, 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.

Burning is a 2018 mystery thriller film directed by Lee Chang-dong. Yoo Ah-in takes the lead as Lee Jong-su, Steven Yeun as Ben, Jeon Jong-seo as Shin Hae-mi, and Kim Soo-kyung as Yeon-ju.

Released in May 2018, it runs 148 minutes. Written by Lee Chang-dong and Oh Jung-mi. It was produced by NHK.

Shelv files it under dreams, melancholy, based on short story, and philosophical. In the United States it streams on AsianCrush, Cineverse, and Cineverse Amazon Channel. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 1,906 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Soul, The Da Vinci Code, and Vanilla Sky make useful companions to Burning, all filed under cat and introspective.