Based on a short story and paced like a novel. Slow-burning it could have been called.

BURNING

Lee Chang-dong

2018

Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-kyung, Choi Seung-ho

Screenplay by Oh Jung-mi and Lee Chang-dong; adapted from the short story Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami

Title: BURNING

Year: 2018

Director: Lee Chang-dong

Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-kyung, Choi Seung-ho

Writing: Screenplay by Oh Jung-mi and Lee Chang-dong; adapted from the short story Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami

Genre tags: MYSTERY, DRAMA