This faultless production has a dream-like quality. The frustrations and uncertainties of young people in love during lazy days in summer are beautifully portrayed. I was puzzled by the reference to all the dead bees that summer (apparently it happens sometimes). Perhaps it suggests that in nature nothing is certain. Human relationships are likewise unpredictable in their outcomes. This sumptuous film is suffused with a glorious ethereal quality-sheer poetry.

Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the inhabitants of Matyora and their farewell to their homeland.

1980 film by Elem Klimov