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Aro Recommended Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring

 

aka: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
South Korea / Germany 2003, 103 minutes
Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
In Korean with English subtitles
Rating: [R]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Topics: Religion, Philosophy.

 

Aroview: As the seasons pass through many years, the inhabitants of a floating temple on a woodland pond - a young boy and his wizened mentor - enact the enigmatic Buddhist cycles of experience, turbulence, thought and wisdom.

This festival hit initially seems hard-stretched to convey the sincerity of its religious worldview, yet quietly accomplishes a strange, almost surreal quality of contemplation, chiefly through its lovely images and overall commitment to its vision. Though perhaps never quite bending cinema's qualities to its needs, this remains a wonderfully unique little gem.

NZ International Film Festival 2004

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