Burning(Beoning)
Dir: Lee Chang-dong
South Korea/Japan, 2018, Korean, 148mins, DCP, Category III
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo
After a random re-encounter in Seoul, aspiring writer Jong-su – from a working-class, agrarian family background in Paju – becomes attracted to childhood neighbour and classmate Hae-mi. When Hae-mi returns from a trip to Africa, however, she introduces Jong-su to Ben, a mysteriously wealthy, Gatsby-like individual she met there, who confesses teasingly one day to Jong-su his curious and sinister hobby of setting greenhouses ablaze for amusement. Lee’s compelling adaptation of Murakami Haruki’s ‘Barn Burning’ significantly reworks its source material for a far stronger real-world context to comment on contemporary social inequalities, while incorporating aspects of William Faulkner’s short story of the same title that inspired Murakami’s literary text.
Cannes Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize
Grand Bell Awards: Best Film
29/12 (Fri) Speaker: Mary Wong (Writer and Associate Professor in Chinese Department at Lingnan University)
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
The Tapestry of Suffering – The Cinema of Lee Chang-dong
Buy Ticket 2023-12-24 (Sun)
17:00Full House 2023-12-29 (Fri)
20:00
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
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HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
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Category III
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
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Post-screening discussion with the director
Post-screening talk
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