Burning

Lee Jong-su (Yoo Ah-in), an aspiring young novelist, performs odd jobs in Seoul. He runs into his childhood neighbor and classmate Shin Hae-mi, who asks him to look after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. After Hae-mi returns, she introduces Jong-su to her enigmatic young friend Ben (Steven Yeun), whom he becomes suspicious of. As tensions rise, Jong-su begins to investigate the truth behind Ben's mysterious habits and motives, leading to a tragic confrontation that sets off a chain of events in which nothing is as it seems.