spring summer fall winter... and spring

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

life and death ꞏ contemplative cinema ꞏ mortification ꞏ religious education ꞏ penalty ꞏ buddhist monk ꞏ isolation ꞏ dying and death ꞏ Drama ꞏ meditation ꞏ taskmaster ꞏ philosophy ꞏ cycle ꞏ mountain lake ꞏ buddhism ꞏ becoming an adult ꞏ restart ꞏ countryside ꞏ temple ꞏ attachment to nature ꞏ season ꞏ child