Burning Mountain
Korean Cinema’s Golden Decade: The 1960s
September 1 - 17, 2023
Shot in widescreen with sharp black-and-white visuals, Kim Soo-yong’s dramatically tense and visually stunning war drama follows a deserter from the North Korean People’s Army and his encounter with a pair of widows living in a southwestern rural village.
Burning Mountain is set in a southwestern rural village during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Partisan soldiers fighting on the side of North Korea are hiding out in the mountains. Meanwhile, the village is filled with widows and single women, having lost the entire male population to war or forced conscription. One day, a deserter from the North Korean People’s Army begins hiding out in a nearby bamboo forest. A widow, Jeom-rye (whose husband fought for the South), brings him food, and they start a sexual affair. However, another widow, Sawol (whose husband fought for the North), soon discovers their secret. Shot in widescreen with sharp black-and-white visuals, this 80-minute film is dramatically tense and visually stunning, despite the limited resources available to director Kim Soo-yong. A completely unique perspective on the Korean War, as well as a timeless fable about human instinct and desire. Restored in 2021 by the Korean Film Archive.
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