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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Deepa Mehta |
| Stars: |
Seema Biswas |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
024543266143 |
| Release Date: |
2006 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 57min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Hindi |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 57min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (August 29, 2006)
UPC: 024543266143 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Deepa Mehta |
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Professional Reviews
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(06/01/2007, p.80, Philip Kemp): "Lisa Ray is moving as the ill-fated Kalyani, and Seema Biswas endows Chuyia's protector Shakuntala with the slow-burning strength she brought to her title-role debut in BANDIT QUEEN." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
When Deepa Mehta first began filming WATER in 2000, angry fundamentalist mobs burned her sets and threatened her life. The Indian government claimed it could not protect her, and the project had to wait four years before finally filming in Sri Lanka. Her film has raised the ire of extremists because it challenges the Hindu customs that dictate that widows, considered half-dead after the loss of their husbands, must be closeted in holy ashrams--a practice that still exists today. Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of eight-year old Chuyia, whose husband dies before she even meets him. Her parents shave her head and whisk her away to a house of widows where the women sleep on the ground and beg in the streets to earn their puny portion of rice. Chuyia, feisty and resilient, comes into this world like a ray of light, and soon the women are rethinking their mute acceptance of their fate. Her closest friend and ally is the lovely Kalyani, and soon a forbidden romance begins to develop between Kalyani ... |
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