must see. beautiful.

I am an Appalachian and yet when I see films dealing with the culture of India, I often feel explained in a way that I don’t get from, say, Deliverance or the oxycontin documentaries. Appalachia needs our own beautiful film maker and we haven’t found her yet.

It’s strange that in my country, controversies are generated by the most insignificant things.

When “Water” was being shot in India, it was all over the papers because of the protests and rioting. I don’t even understand why. The movie brings out the pathos and suffering of the widows of pre-independent India with such precision, I am amazed. How could such a movie offend anyone? Perhaps those who are offended are those who still live in denial, who allow themselves to get offended by the truth of our past and those who appoint themselves the moral guardians of a religion the foundation and interpretation of which itself many question.

Beautiful

A beautifully told story. I enjoyed pretty much every aspect of this movie: The cinematography was beautiful, the dialog was entertaining and poignant, the symbolism was clever, and the message was powerful.

This is a story of Chuiya, an 8-year-old girl who is widowed by the untimely death of her husband and Kalyani, a beautiful 20-years old woman who has been a widow since the age of 9.

In accordance with India tradition, Chuiya must be sent to a home – for not to say an ashram for widow – in Varanasi, where Hindu widows live in penitence to atone for their sins. Her feisty presence influences the lives of other widows.

During her stay in that Ashram, she quickly makes friend with Kalyani, who radiates a child-like innocence. The only beautiful widow whose hair is not shorn, as a nod to her profession that was forced upon her at an early age by the powerful head widow Madhumati, as a prostitute.

.... And the every angle close up was taken by Deepa Mehta. Watching this movie makes me feel as I’m part of the widow who stays in that Ashram.

The way Deepa Mehta took the angle, makes every single part of the movie radiant the beauty of the Water, the people, their strugle, their tradition …

It’s difficult for me to take away the scene of this movie … I’m speechless …It’s the best movie I’ve ever seen

I put my long review at this www.tere616.blogspot.com