When eight sailors onboard their fishing trawler find a mysterious girl mid-sea, ill fortune falls upon the boat as they don't catch any fish the next few days. The fishermen try to make it back home, although the sea has other plans for them.
“蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量”,但本片中的主人公,一个羸弱老渔夫恰恰要做出这一堂吉诃德式的疯狂举动——挑战当地摔跤冠军。穷到连补充营养的鸡蛋都吃不上的他,为练习而在海边孤独地与树做搏斗。孟加拉国导演伊克巴尔·侯赛因·乔杜里这部一鸣惊人的长片首作刻意弱化故事和动机,倾注全力去刻画一个顽固而不可理喻的癫狂老者的形象,用极富诗意和瑰丽想象力的影像外化老者那神秘莫测的内心世界,其成熟的哲学和美学表达令人惊叹,获得第23届釜山国际电影节新浪潮大奖。