Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, 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. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. And one day Ben tells Jongsu about his most unusual hobby. Based on the short story "Barn Burning", by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami.
Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize af the Cannes Film Festival.
Boening
2018
16 years
148 min.
Fiction
South Korea
awarded films, friendship, literary adaptation
Colorido
Lee Chang-dong
Oh Jung-Mi, Lee Chang-Dong
Hong Kyung-Pyo
Hyun Kim, Da-won Kim
Yoo Ah-In, Jun Jong-Seo, Yeun Steven
Lee Joon-Dong, Lee Chang-Dong
Pinehouse Film, Nowfilm
Mowg
Pandora Filmes
42