Beoning (aka Burning) (2018)

A socially awkward young man (Yoo Ah In) reunites with an attractive young woman (Jeon Jong Seo) who lived in his rural village when they were children. He's attracted to her but when she returns from a trip to Africa with a handsome, socially skilled and financially set young man (Steven Yeun), he becomes more aware than ever of his lack of social standing and skills. Based on the short story BARN BURNING by Haruki Murakami and directed by Lee Chang Dong (POETRY). This is a riveting psychological examination of an alienated youth that slowly unravels its narrative so that you're never quite sure where you're going to end up but with a slowly encroaching sense of dread that you know it won't end up agreeably. The latter half of the film has the trappings of a mystery but it's a mystery without any answers. As in L'AVVENTURA, one of the main characters goes missing but we're never privy to what happened to them. It's an enigmatic film whose richness lies in its ability to navigate its protagonists emotional and psychological terrain. With Lee Bong Ryun and Moon Sung Keun.