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Water (I) (2005)
7.6
Ratings: 7.6/10 from 8,045 users
Metascore:
77/100
Reviews: 123 user | 104 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com
The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Director:Deepa Mehta |
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Sarala | ... |
Chuyia
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Buddhi Wickrama | ... |
Baba
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Rinsly Weerarathne | ... |
Chuyia's Husband
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Iranganie Serasinghe | ... |
Mother in Law
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Hermantha Gamage | ... |
Barber
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Ronica Sajnani | ... |
Kunti
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Manorama | ... |
Madhumati
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Snehalata
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Meera Biswas | ... |
Gyanvati
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Vidula Javalgekar | ... |
'Auntie' Patiraji
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| Seema Biswas | ... |
Shakuntala
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Sanoja Bibile | ... |
Woman Bather
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Dolly Ahluwalia | ... |
Upset Woman
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Narayan
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A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is unceremoniously left at a bare and impoverished widows' ashram, beside the Ganges during monsoon season. The ashram's leader pimps out Kalyani, a young and beautiful widow, for household funds. Narayan, a follower of Gandhi, falls in love with her. Can she break with tradition and religious teaching to marry him? The ashram's moral center is Shakuntala, deeply religious but conflicted about her fate. Can she protect Kalyani or Chuyia? Amid all this water, is rebirth possible or does tradition drown all? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual situations, and for brief drug use See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
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Opening Weekend:
$CAD273,830 (Canada) (13 November 2005)Gross:
$3,222,857 (USA) (3 September 2006)Company Credits
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USA: | Canada: (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:Sound Mix:
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2.35 : 1
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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!
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'Sarala' was cast in Sri Lanka and did not speak a word of Hindi or English. She worked hard on the script to memorize the lines of a language very new to her. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Kalyani's dog appears older in the scene in which it escapes than the next time it is shown. See more »Quotes
[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!
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