Corn Island (film) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Corn Island (Georgian: სიმინდის კუნძული, translit.: simindis k'undzuli) is a 2014 Georgian drama film directed by Giorgi Ovashvili. It was selected as the Georgian entry for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, making the January Shortlist. The film won the Crystal Globe prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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Plot

Spring flooding forms a small island with rich soil in the middle of a river, new land without an owner. An old man, assisted by his orphaned teenage granddaughter, takes possession of the island, builds a simple hut, and plants corn. They are ethnic Abkhaz and exchange nods with passing Georgian soldiers. The old man shelters a wounded soldier who takes refuge on the island and protects him from his pursuers for a time. At the end of the summer, flooding destroys the island.