Uria, l'enfant de la rivière

In Indonesia, off the coast of Sumatra, some families still live cut off from any modern civilization in the least accessible region of Siberut island. For several years now many children have had the possibility of leaving their families in order to study at a catholic boarding school, Sikubaluan, situated in the north-east of the island and directed by Italian catholic missionaries. Some of the children can only return home once a year, during their holidays. Uria, an eleven-year-old school boy, has to travel three days by canoe and on foot in order to reach home. He goes home once a year, the trip from school to his parents reveals the contrast between the children's lives at school, a place of discipline and rules, and their familial environment where they enjoy total freedom.