Simindis kundzuli (2014)

The river creates and the river destroys in an eternal cycle that even man can't escape.

Director:

George Ovashvili

Writers:

Roelof Jan Minneboo, George Ovashvili

Stars:

Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili, Irakli Samushia

22 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ilyas Salman	...	Old man
Mariam Buturishvili	...	Girl
Irakli Samushia	...	Soldier
Tamer Levent	...	Abkhazian oficer

Storyline

Swollen up by the spring inundation, the river falls down on the lowlands and before eventually throwing rocks and silts in the sea, gathers them here and there in the middle of the river. In several days, even sometimes overnight, in these shoals rather large islands are created. Soil of such an island is rich and fertile. An old man and his young granddaughter decide to grow corn on this island. But soldiers pass by.

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Plot Keywords:

island | corn | hiding underwater | hiding | stranger | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Hungary]

Country:

Georgia Germany France Czech Republic Kazakhstan Hungary

Language:

Georgian Abkhazian Russian

Release Date:

17 September 2014 (Georgia)

Also Known As:

Corn Island

Filming Locations:

Georgia

Box Office

Budget:

€1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

42film,Alamdary Films,Arizona Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 100 min 100 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In order to find the location for this movie, the filmmakers had been looking for a real island for two years. Eventually, they realised it would be too complicated and too dangerous to film on such a place. Instead, they built the island on an artificial lake, where they could control the water level to some extent, director George Ovashvili revealed in an interview.

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Connections

Referenced in CT na MFF Karlovy Vary 2017: Generální reditel Petr Dvorák (2017)

User Reviews

Corn Island : A great film which shows that even a tiny piece of land can be used to make a great film.

About cinema it is said that sometimes images convey perfectly what words fail to express. When words are uttered they make sense only when they merely suit the situations for which they were spoken. This effect is shown in Georgian film "Corn Island" with utmost austerity as an old man and his young grand-daughter set foot on a small island in the middle of a river. Their sudden arrival sets off a climate of distrust in the minds of other people. This is the start of a difficult life for them as there are also others who would like to see them defeated in their mission. There are some films which develop at their own pace. It is likely that laymen would call them slow whereas true admirers of cinema would label them as poetic works of art. Corn Island is one such film which would immensely appeal anybody who appreciates cinema as a poetic art. One can see how the entire process of planting a seed until the final stages of agriculture is carried out. The origin of this poetic film can be traced back to a day in August 1992 when an Abkhazian person ordered Georgian director George Ovashvili to leave Abkhazian black sea coast. According to him the war had started.