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The Cup
Why this pick
Shares the secluded monastic setting and gentle spiritual perspective, but brings a warmer, lightly comic view of young disciples testing tradition.
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MOVIE2003 1h 43m KOR
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Its unhurried, nature-soaked stillness and matter-of-fact spirituality echo the contemplative rhythm and cyclical sense of life in Kim Ki-duk’s film.
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The Turin Horse
Why this pick
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3-Iron
Why this pick
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The Isle
Why this pick
Its isolated waterside world and striking visual symbolism anticipate the floating-temple imagery, though this is a far harsher and more disturbing spiritual parable.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Oh Yeong-su
Old Monk
Kim Ki-duk
Adult Monk
Kim Young-min
Young Adult Monk
Seo Jae-kyeong
Boy Monk