FILM FORUM CORONADO: "Passage to Buddha"

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the library's Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.

August 2: Passage to Buddha (Korean with English subtitles, 1993, 114 min)

Controversial and provocative director Jung Sun-woo’s modern unfolding of the Avatamsaka Sutra is a devastating, evocatively beautiful meditation on life. Young Sonje sets off in search of the mother he never knew. On his odyssey he experiences love, sorrow, equality, wealth, desire and the essence of Buddhism.