Review of Water (2005) by Giffy G — 08 Aug 2008
An eye opening film, third of the trilogy by director Deepa Mehta (Earth, Fire, Water) about the treatment & poverty of widows living in India during the 1930s. It focuses in primariy on three woman, a young 8 year old "widow", one in her twenties longing to escape to the the arms of a man on the outside who loves her and one in her forties struggling to hang-on to who she is and her faith.
It's peppered with political opinion showing the social beliefs of the time (and still till this days in some remote areas) and of those kinder more open beliefs of Gandhi who who's popularity was on the rise at the time.
A sad film and one that took 5 years to be made. The director was shut down in India and she had to re-film and re-cast later in a different location. The film was banned in India.
This review of Water (2005) was written by Giffy G on 08 Aug 2008.
Water has generally received very positive reviews.
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