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. Directed by
Ki-duk Kim, 2003, 103 min., South Korea/Germany. In Korean w/subtitles.
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