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

2003 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 7.8 · 90% critics

Drama

On an isolated lake, an old monk lives in a small floating temple and teaches a young boy the way of monastic life. The story moves through changing seasons and years, showing the boy’s growth and the lessons learned along the way.

Also known as Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring

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Details
Original title
봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄
Years
2003
Release date
2003-09-19
Language
Korean
Runtime
103 min
Critic score
90/100
TMDB rating
7.8/10 (1,205 votes)
Box office
$8,945,072
About

You’ll like it if you enjoy quiet, reflective spiritual dramas with a strong sense of nature and life’s cycles; Not for you if you want fast dialogue-driven entertainment or dislike disturbing animal suffering and heavy emotional themes, like with Burning or Silenced.

Pros: profound cycle storytelling; serene nature mood; minimal dialogue | Cons: very slow pacing; unsettling animal scenes; emotionally heavy material

Themes

  • dying and death
  • life and death
  • countryside
  • temple
  • isolation
  • buddhism
  • buddhist monk
  • becoming an adult
  • mountain lake
  • meditation
  • attachment to nature
  • religious education
  • +9 more

Awards & recognition

  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2004 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 2003 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Kim Ki-duk