After a long time without a real 'whoa' I must admit I was completely overwhelmed by this movie.
In the early morning of a summer day a man and his wife row to the harbour and take two barrels of water each to their boat. Handdriven they go on an island that is steep, full of rocks but made their home. They do not bring the water to drink from but for their plants on this Naked Island. After breakfast with their sons the mother brings the elder to school and returns from the harbour with another pair of water pots. Every time you seen one of the two climbing the steep tracks up the hill, they have heavy load with them to care for their plants. The people work hard to have something to eat, even the youngest hunts for fruits of the ocean. Surely the little drops of water sink in the ground quite fast, but the harvest is better than what I expected.
Hard life is eventually longin for its tribute and the question is whether the family can bear such price; to have just little to notice of cultural life, to have just one trip a year on the main land that leads to a mountain, this time with a gondola.
The question will be answered in the movie, but not spoilered here.
Very noticable is the lack of speech, just some songs can be heard, all that is said in the movie comes from the action of the charafters, their emotions and the emotions of the sky, the ocean and the soil. And this nature is it that rules us all. We are working on subdueing it, but in the end a human life is just a waterdrop on a hot stone of the universe.
This is the best movie I have seen in the last at least two years. It overwhelmed me in an extraordinary way when it just had to be a gap filler for a short evening. I want to thank @them00ch for the recommendation and please everyone to watch it. If maybe it doesn't fit your needs you most probably would be very pleased, too, at least.
