Liu Yaren and Quan Zhongrui, the male and female protagonists of the film "Burning", won the film emperor and queen of the 30th Puri Film Festival at the same time with their new works "Silent" and "Telephone".
As a young actress who came out of Korean movies, Jeon Jong-seok has a bright future. Liu Yaren, who has been debuting for a long time, whether it is the award or the quality of his works, is definitely the ceiling of his age group.
Let's start with his most popular film, the film "Burning" directed by Li Cangdong.
Burning is an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's short story "Burning Barn" and incorporated into William Faulkner's "Burning Horse Shed". The film tells the story of a dark version of Gatsby, Ben (in the words of Lee Jong-so, played by Liu Yaren, who does not know what he is doing, but is very rich) and hunts down civilian girls.
Civilian girl Shen Haimei, or with poverty, extreme poverty is more appropriate. Hae-mi is Lee Jong-so's hometown, and many years later the two meet in a store and develop some ambiguous feelings.
Lee Jong-so graduated from college, worked odd jobs, and dreamed of becoming a writer. Li Zhongxiu's father was entangled in a lawsuit and his mother ran away for many years, which is Li Zhongxiu's situation.
Shin Hae-mei saved up money to travel and brought back a rich Ben. The turning point of the idol drama seems that only Lee Jong-so is painful. But in fact, all sentient beings are "suffering". Li Jong-so is "hungry", Ben is "hungry and thirsty", and Shin Hae-mei seems to be able to get rid of it in two lines, in fact, she is entangled with hunger and thirst at the same time.
In the film, Haemy repeatedly explains and performs the difference between hunger and thirst. Hunger is a physical need, hunger and thirst is a spiritual desire.
After Haemi disappears, Lee Jong-so begins to track down the truth. In the movie, Lee Jong-so has been trying to write a novel, but every time he is asked, especially when the "hungry" Ben asks him, he always shows serious doubts and confusion.
When he realized what might have happened, Lee Jong-so went from confirmation to revenge, with almost no entanglement and hesitation, as if he had to do something.
What is the theme of "Burning" is class differences, but also the spirit of korean young people who have no spiritual dependence. The film spares no effort to show Ben's emptiness and Haemi's loneliness, but perhaps Lee Jong-so's bitterness is the norm in the whole society.
In the movie "Silent", TaiRen, played by Liu Yaren, is in a worse situation, for this role, Liu Yaren is fattened, fat and unusual, ignorant, stupid, vain, greedy, from a homeless little beggar to a "silent" body collector.
The silence here is not only the physical mutilation of Tae-jin, but also the embarrassment of all the people who disappear silently in the movie, and even more the dilemma that the persecuted people have no chance to speak.
But the dilemma at the bottom does not prevent a person from committing evil or aiding and abetting abuse. Many times, Tae-jin is not even aware of his evil side. In his case, in order to survive, he had to do a job, to survive. It just so happens that this "job" is a bit special.
If the kidnapping of the little girl had not happened, perhaps Tae-jin and his uncle's life as a body collector would have continued. However, due to the coercion and inducement of a certain client, Tae-jin and the uncle were both involved in the kidnapping case. This is not in line with the rules of Tae-jin and the uncle, but the two people who retreat to the point of becoming corpse collectors, it is easy to break their rules.
The kidnapped little girl, who lived with Tae-jin and her sister for a few days like a relative, was scared and wanted to escape, but was generally happy.
So that one sunny day, Tae-jin, the uncle, Tae-jin's sister and the little girl, the scene of chatting in the courtyard together is so warm, Tae-jin takes a blackmail photo of the little girl, but also emphasizes to be sad, otherwise mom and dad will doubt the authenticity of the kidnapping.
All warmth is an illusion, and we know that everyone is involved in the whirlpool of kidnapping, and no one avoids it.
The uncle died suddenly in the chase, and Tae-jin lost his main heart, sent the little girl back to school, and fled into the darkness under the pressure of catching the bad guys.
Will the future be good?