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

In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a young boy to grow up in wisdom and compassion, through experience and endless exercises. Once the pupil discovers his sexual lust, he seems lost to contemplative life and follows his first love, but soon fails to adapt to the modern world, gets in jail for a crime of passion and returns to the master in search of spiritual redemption and reconciliation with karma, at a high price of physical catharsis...

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Kim Ki-Duk
Adult Monk
Oh Yeong-su
Old Monk
Jong-ho Kim
Child Monk

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter And Spring Scene: Boy Monk & Girl Are Separated
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter And Spring Scene: Boy Monk & Girl Are Separated
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1:34 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter And Spring Scene: Boy Monk & Girl Are Separated

Awards

  • 2006 - Bodil - Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film) - nominated
  • 2005 - Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera en Idioma no Español) - winner
  • 2003 - Audience Award - - winner
  • 2003 - Screen International Award - - nominated

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