Water

Water

  • Director: Deepa Mehta
  • Writer: Anurag Kashyap,Deepa Mehta
  • Countries of origin: Canada, India
  • Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
  • Release date: May 26, 2006
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 禍水
  • The Indian film "Water" was directed by Deepa Mehta and starred Lisa Ley and John Abraham. It was released in Canada on November 4, 2005 .
    Water is the third film in Deepa Mehta's trilogy ( Fires and Earth ). Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of Chuya (Saralah), an 8-year-old girl who has just become a widow. According to Hindu tradition, her hair was cut off and she was taken to a women-only shelter. There, Chuya must repent of her past sins, as she is believed to have caused her husband's death. There are young and old women in this shelter, some accepting this fate, but some still have visions for their future. Here, little Chuya begins to think about her role in the world. What will happen to Chu Ya tomorrow? What will be the future of the poor woman? 
    "Water" was originally scheduled to start filming on January 30, 2000, but some Hindu extremists were determined to stop the filming, saying the script was "vulgar" and "moral blasphemy", and the $1.8 million film was finally completed. , but the related matter is not over. When the film came out, there was a rampant smear campaign by religious extremists, and Deepa Mehta's own life was at risk.

    Details

    • Release date May 26, 2006
    • Filming locations Central Province, Sri Lanka
    • Production companies Deepa Mehta Films, Flagship International, David Hamilton Productions

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,529,144

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $56,280

    Gross worldwide

    $13,014,956

    Movie reviews

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    • By Greyson 2022-04-19 09:03:12

      Women in Patriarchy and Religion

      "Moon River" is one of the Indian trilogy by Indian director Dipa Mehta. The film boldly challenges local traditions and taboos, and explores the topics of gender, religion and democracy.

          Democracy and Women's Liberation
          The film is set in a remote village in 1930s India that follows ancient traditions, and the idea of ​​democracy has more or less infiltrated it. First of all, the children of the local nobles. They have received a new education and are exposed to advanced...

    • By Shannon 2022-03-27 09:01:21

      Gotta wake up at some point

      In 2001 there were still 30 to 40 million women living that way. The director uses the camera lens to present such a real fact with almost no emotion. In India in the 1930s, the widow's commune was a bad custom at the time. It was believed that widows should belong to their deceased husbands and should not marry, and would be isolated in the widow's commune. They believed that widows were unclean and insulting to the gods. In the society of child marriage, women become widows, and it goes...

    • By Jaylin 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      Reminds me of "The Woman in the Enclosure"

      The film's narration is eloquent, and the graphics and music are just right. It reflects the tragic life of widows at that time. No future, no access. Love is only part of the story. The life of a little girl, the heroine who becomes a woman who has lost her footing, and the living conditions of several other widows. It makes me sad.
             I am reminded of a domestic TV series I watched a long time ago. It was about the life of Chinese widows in the past. It was called "The Woman in the...

    • By Hugh 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      Reminds me of "The Woman in the Enclosure"

      The film's narration is eloquent, and the graphics and music are just right. It reflects the tragic life of widows at that time. No future, no access. Love is only part of the story. The life of a little girl, the heroine who becomes a woman who has lost her footing, and the living conditions of several other widows. It makes me sad.
             I am reminded of a domestic TV series I watched a long time ago. It was about the life of Chinese widows in the past. It was called "The Woman in the...

    • By Treva 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      living water, calamity

      Why is the movie called "Water" (often translated as woe/moon river)? Is it raining because every beautiful love scene in the film? Or is it because of the origin of India and the river, the water has been entangled for several generations?
      Water is always flowing, and water that is not flowing can cause many problems. Just like the stagnant water written by Mr. Wen Yiduo, "This is a ditch of desperate stagnant water, and the breeze can't make any ripples." In this film set in the late...

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    • By Alexandro 2023-04-16 11:27:50

      What is sent away is hope and freedom, and what is opened is the door of sustenance and...

    • By Paxton 2023-04-05 17:42:49

      Dry your Ganges water series. When I was young, I thought it was just a widow's abyss, but when I got older, I realized it was a female Avici hell. I remember that in the end the little girl was sent on the train to Kolkata to find Gandhi, but Gandhi never showed his face from beginning to...

    • By Paxton 2023-03-04 05:16:58

      When Qu Ya said that there is no widower's home, he felt lost for no reason. A country can benefit the people or destroy the people. ....

    • By Deshaun 2022-09-24 19:57:11

      Start paying attention to the bird marriage system in South...

    • By Stanford 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Procrastinate, just 15 minutes...

    Movie plot

    The story of the film takes place in India in 1938. An 8-year-old girl, Chu Ya, was married at an ignorant age. The memory of the wedding is blurred, and she has no idea about the meaning of marriage. The 70-year-old husband is in the Soon after the marriage, she died, and little Chuya became a widow. According to Indian tradition, widows have only three choices: one is to marry the younger brother of her deceased husband;
    Chuya was...
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    Background creation

    As a famous director in India, Deepa Mehta has a picture in his mind that has been kept in mind for 10 years. It was in the pilgrimage site of Varanasi. Mehta saw a widow shrinking into a shrimp shape, her body weathered by the years, her hair so short that it clinged to her scalp, she was running on all fours, frantically looking for someone who had fallen into the Ganges River. something. In the early morning pilgrims, her pain was...
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    Evaluation action

    This is an Indian/Canada movie full of revolutionary emotions. A river separates the two worlds of India, and on this side of the river, religious tradition confines widows in the closed world of monasteries. Religious traditions deprive them of the love of ordinary people, and they will spend the rest of their lives serving the gods. On the other side of the river, there are nobles and clergy who have high religious status but are not...
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    Movie quotes

    • [from trailer]

      Chuyia's Father: [to young Chuyia] Child. Do you remember getting married? Your husband is dead. You're a widow now.

    • [from trailer]

      Narayana: All the old traditions are dying out.

      Kalyani: But what is good should not die out.

      Narayana: And who will decide what is good and what is not?

      Kalyani: You!

    • Bhagavati: God willing she'll reborn as a man.