Director Lee Chang-dong and star Steven Yeun discuss "Burning," a critical smash at the Cannes Film Festival that gets to the soul of Korean society.

Early on in “Burning,” Lee Chang-dong’s masterpiece of psychological unease, Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo), a young woman teaching herself the art of pantomime, peels and eats an invisible tangerine.

Film writer and director Lee Chang-dong (“Burning,” “Oasis,” “Peppermint Candy”), one of Korea’s best-known auteur filmmakers who has contributed to putting Korean cinema firmly on ...

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Directed by Lee Chang-dong. In Korean with subtitles. 149 min. Music Box, 3733 N. Southport, 773-871-6604, musicboxtheatre.com, $11. We need to be upfront with you. The Reader is free.

Early on in “Burning,” Lee Chang-dong’s masterpiece of psychological unease, Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo), a young woman teaching herself the art of pantomime, peels and eats an invisible tangerine.