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Corn Island

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2014 · 100 min Drama War
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

An old peasant, his face sunburned to resemble the very landscape he has trodden for decades, spots a tiny island formed by spring floods in the middle of the Inguri River, the natural border between Georgia and Abkhazia. In this silt deposit, he sees not just land, but a purpose. With silent determination, he embarks on an impossible solo mission to cultivate it with corn. His ritual of tilling and sowing, performed under the watchful scopes of snipers from both banks, becomes a quiet, desperate obsession—an act of defiance against the absurdity of the war that split his world.

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Original Title სიმინდის კუნძული
Year 2014
Country Czech Republic, France, Georgia
Genre Drama, War
Director Giorgi Ovashvili
Runtime 100 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (74 votes)

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A meditative parable carved from silence and stubbornness, 'Corn Island' depicts a war not fought with guns, but with purpose. Director George Ovashvili masterfully frames an epic struggle in the most intimate, granular details of survival.

What lingers after the final frame is the profound weight of a simple, Sisyphean act in a world gone mad. It is a hauntingly beautiful testament to the human will to cultivate life amidst decay. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Giorgi Ovashvili

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The heavy silence of no-man's-land, the scent of damp river soil, the monotonous scrape of a shovel on gravel.

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