Water (PG)

Thursday 26th February 2009
Deepa Mehta 2005 - 114 mins
Canada, India
Language: Hindi

India, 1938, and Chuyia, already a widow and not yet in her teens is sent to live in "the widows' house" where she is supposed to spend the rest of her life.  A new law permitting a widow to remarry is not popular and these old customs are hard to break.  Is Chuyia destined to live the rest of her life among shunned widows?

Score:  89.42%

Some Members' Comments:

True to many aspects of India.
Excellent - a credit to any Film Society.
Brilliant film - very emotional.
Beautiful film.
Deeply moving.
A section of life tellingly portrayed.
A human condition brilliantly portrayed.
Very upsetting but very beautiful.

Lacked pace at times but well directed and great camera work.
Very authentic.
Thought provoking.
Sobering.
Thank God I was not born in India.
Pace too slow but story too sad to condemn it.