Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Let me start by saying this was much better than I expected from the imdb poster and pictures. It really looked like romance film that would be cheesy and dull. This is very far from the truth. A film that that has been hovering around the cellar of the current imdb top 250. On the list at the start of the year, off last week, back on today.

The film is written, directed by, and starring Ki-duk Kim (I still need to see his film 3-Iron). The film treats the cycle of seasons as a generation cycle. About a monk and a boy the first spring is the boys young childhood, summer is his young adult life, fall is as an adult, and winter as he becomes an older man. The movie is actually really cool and I liked the story a lot. I hate to give you much of the plot because it has some surprises.

If you like foreign films, check this one out. With a number of bad foreign film on the top 250 it is hard not to assume that new arrivals will be bad also. It would be nice if this one stuck around for a while on the list.

Vote: 8/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374546/

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