| Brief Description: |
Acclaimed Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-Duk, noted for his psychologically brutal films, shows his versatility with this transcendental fable illustrating the tenets of Buddhism through the cyclical patterns of life. Set in a quiet, one-room monastery nestled within idyllic hills, the film beautifully and gently unfolds the five seasons of a young Buddhist monk's life, which see him confronted with birth, death and rebirth via moments of violence, danger, love and compassion. "...manages to isolate something essential about human nature and at the same time to comprehend the scope of human experience" (A.O. Scott, The New York Times). In Korean with English subtitles. |
