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George 2022-03-23 09:03:32

In India in the 1930s, women did not have human rights and freedoms, they only existed as subordinates of men. The 8-year-old girl Chu Ya became a widow early. She was forced to shave her hair and spend the rest of her long life in a courtyard specially prepared for widows. In this yard, there are young women who are like fairies in the sky, there are also withered old people who are half-buried in loess, and there are even unruly women who plan to earn ill-gotten wealth. What will happen to Chu Ya tomorrow? What will be the future of the poor woman?

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Water 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!