Corn Island (film)

Corn Island (Georgian: სიმინდის კუნძული, romanized: simindis k'undzuli) is a 2014 Georgian drama film, directed by Giorgi Ovashvili, following an entire summer during which a grandfather and granddaughter attempt to harvest a crop of corn grown atop a silt island in the Enguri River amidst tensions involving military conflict, ethnic differences and the sexual awakening of the granddaughter.

Spring flooding forms a small silt island with rich soil in the middle of the Enguri River, which provides new land without an owner.

While his granddaughter finishes school, the old man is disappointed that she won't receive her diploma until the following year, an event which he hopes to see since he takes pride in her education.

Unfortunately for the granddaughter, who is just experiencing sexual maturity for the first time, the soldiers make noises at her and ogle her as they stand on the shore across from her, something that she is both curious about and also resents, finding it somewhat annoying.

One night, while swimming in the river, a shotgun noise startles the granddaughter and she falls into the water, nearly drowning before rescuing herself and hurrying back to the hut.