16-year-old Elene is a Georgian illegal immigrant who works at a tea plantation in Turkey. Feeling threatened by various encounters, she tries to be invisible in this foreign land. But it is not as easy as she thinks.

A young boy in a remote region who dreams of becoming a master of traditional music sets off on a trip with his teacher. He promises to bring back an apple as a souvenir for a girl. This eloquent contemporary allegory is set against a backdrop of tradition and culture.

The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the belief of an old peasant, whose sunburned face resembles the landscape he has trodden for dozens of years.