The Rafts Sail On

The movie depicts the story of a young Mazurian boy named Mietek who crosses the line between childhood and adulthood He stands in close contact with nature he decoys birds and feeds them he catches fish But above all he is attracted to the work of the woodcutters He watches them as they fell the trees and he helps them load the timber onto rafts that float down the river and through the sluicegates Finally he joins the raftsmen and when he receives his first salary and gives a girl his first bashful look the time has come for him to say goodbye to his childhood