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Corn Island is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by George Ovashvili released in USA on 15 october 2014 with İlyas Salman

Corn Island (2014)

Simindis kundzuli

Corn Island
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Released in USA 15 october 2014
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginGerman
Genres Drama,    War
Rating74% 3.7459953.7459953.7459953.7459953.745995

Corn Island (Georgian: სიმინდის კუნძული, translit.: simindis k'undzuli) is a 2014 Georgian drama film directed by Giorgi Ovashvili. It has been selected as the Georgian entry 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.

Synopsis

Après la décrue printanière, sur la rivière Inguri à la frontière de l'Abkhazie et de la Géorgie, de toutes petites îles se forment. Un vieil homme, paysan, arrive en barque et décide de la « peupler ». Mais la situation géopolitique est dangereuse, avec le conflit à la frontière et des hommes armés des deux camps qui rodent régulièrement.

Actors

İlyas Salman

(Old Man)
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