BURNING deals with gentrification not just as an aspect of real estate, but as a spiritual malady. Displaced from his country hometown to Seoul, Jongsoo randomly encounters Haemi, who insists that they know each other - and falls in love. But this meet-cute is interrupted by Ben, a wealthier suitor for Haemi who makes a mockery of Jongsoo’s earnest affections - and appears to be an arsonist at best and murderer at worst. What follows delves deep into the psychology of class resentment in our ever more prohibitive cultural and economic capitals.