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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

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Original title

Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom

Year

2003

Running time

103 min.

Country

South Korea

Director

Kim Ki-duk

Screenwriter

Kim Ki-duk

Cast

Music

Park Ji-woong

Cinematography

Baek Dong-hyeon

Producer

Co-production South Korea-Germany;

Genre

Drama | Psychological Drama. Religion

Synopsis

A wise old monk (Oh Young-soo) is master to a young student, and remains so throughout the changing seasons of the younger monks life. In springtime the young monk is a 5-year-old boy, in summer he is a teenager, in fall he is a 30-year-old man, and in winter he is in mid-life. The master and his student live in a tranquil house that floats in the middle of a pond hidden in a vast woodland. Paddling their row boat to the edge of the pond, they roam the forest collecting herbs for medicine, observing animals, and learning deep lessons about life. When a woman brings her sick daughter to the monks to be healed, a lustful relationship results between the daughter and the teenage monk. Though sex is the appropriate cure for the girl, the affair is a harbinger of evil for the monk, whose innocence is replaced by corruption. After paying for his sins over the course of many years, the monk finds inner peace and is reborn.

Rankings Position

#6 Best Korean Movies of all time
#82 Best Movies of the 21st century

Awards: 2003: San Sebastián Film Festival: Audience Award

2003: Blue Dragon Film Awards (South Korea): 2 awards.

2003: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, International.

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