Friday 5 July 2019

No. 57. (2019) Burning June 30th.


Film No 57 (2019) June 30th.  3:35 PM  CINEMA NOVA Carlton, Melbourne.  


"To me ..... the world is a mystery". (Lee expresses his reflections on life to Shin, his future lover). 







Burning, pardon the pun, slowly burns its way to a power-house climax while burning a hole in ones consciousness and senses alike. Major contributors to the South Korean cinematic landscape in recent months, Parasite and Burning, have used class divide, in very different ways to tell stories of people making their varied way in the world. Lee Jong-su (Ah-in Yoo) is a quiet, introspective young man, he runs the family's meagre rural property. His father is in trouble with the law over anger issues. Lee seems lost but then he finds love with the charismatic Shin Hea-mi (Jong-seo Jun). Shin askes Lee to take care of her tiny, tiny flat in the city while she travels to Africa. On her return Shin is accompanied by Ben (Steven Yeun), a rich and mysterious young man. Suddenly this shy country boy has to deal with a gambit of emotions from confusion to jealousy then ultimately suspicion; two's company three's a crowd turns to something far more sinister. The burning will continue in your mind days after the screen goes black.  11GUMS.    



       

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