The entire film takes place in the middle of a river, on a little island, which has been created by the spring inundation. The island itself is one of the main characters in the film, together with an old man and his 16 year-old granddaughter. During the whole season, the two have been working hard to produce a good corn harvest on the small but fertile piece of land. Two rival parties have occupied both banks of the river, but the land, created by the river, belongs only to the river itself, and what it has created in spring, it ruins and washes away in autumn. The worldly old man is perfectly aware of nature’s ways, and tries hard to outrun nature and save his harvest. I perceive the story as a sort of mini model of life that starting from the creation, moving through life and death. Notwithstanding the fact that the location, time and situation are certain, still the film is particularly elemental and will be entirely free from any social and political motives. The characters are solitary and introverted people. They have to spend most of their lives in a struggle for existence. The old man is already a relic – he tries rigorously to maintain his rules, which he developed on his own many years ago. The girl is the future; she guesses that there is something else in the world apart from ‘The Corn Island’. The narration is predominantly visual. Dialogue is minimalistic. What we see is this tiny and impressive corn island in the middle of the river; the fluctuations of nature – three seasons: spring, summer and autumn; breathtaking landscapes, light, distinct colours; bound together through balanced, academic narration. It is, most importantly, a universal human story told in a universal environment.