CGV Arthouse has released the first trailer for BURNING (버닝), the new film from the award-winning Lee Chang-Dong. Hotly tipped for a Cannes 2018 debut, it is due to hit South Korea cinemas in May 2018. You can check out the trailer below.
An adaptation of the short story “Barn Burning” written by Haruki Murakami, the mysterious trailer doesn’t give much away, as we only know that an incident has occurred between Jong-Soo (Yoo Ah-In), Ben and Hae-Mi (Jeon Song-Seo). Also starring Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, Okja), the only line of dialogue uttered in the trailer is in Korean, as a woman’s voice utters “Now tell the truth.”
Lee Chang-Dong won the Silver Lion at Venice in 2002 for Oasis. is best known for his films Secret Sunshine (2007) and Poetry (2010), which won the best screenplay award at Cannes that year. BURNING marks the filmmaker’s first feature in 8 years.
