Water
2005 · Movie · 115 min · ★ 6.8 · 84% critics
Set in 1938 India, an 8-year-old widow is sent to live among other widows on an ashram after being treated as an outcast. Her arrival changes the community as she forms friendships and begins to question what life there demands.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-11-04
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (124 votes)
About
You’ll likely like Water if you want an emotionally intense, socially minded drama about widows and tradition-driven hardship in 1930s India; Not for you if you prefer light, escapist romance or uplifting stories like Sense & Sensibility.
Pros: powerful emotional story; moving performances; important message | Cons: heavy subject matter; occasionally uneven pacing; some plot elements unclear
Themes
- widow
- site of pilgrimage
- hinduism
- mahatma gandhi
- varanasi
- child bride
- woman director
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2007 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2007 · nominated
Cast & crew
Lisa Ray
as Kalyani
- SA
Sarala
as Chuyia
John Abraham
as Narayan
Seema Biswas
as Shakuntala
Waheeda Rehman
as Bhagavati, Narayan's Mother
Vinay Pathak
as Rabindra
Rishma Malik Scott
as Snehalata
Manorama
as Madhumati
Raghubir Yadav
as Gulabi
- GC
Gerson Da Cunha
as Seth Dwarkanath
Directed by Deepa Mehta