For Five Years, Extremist Groups Waged A Campaign of Death Threats, Arson and Riots To Stop The Production of "Water." But The Filmmakers Were Not To Be Silenced.
For Five Years, Extremist Groups Waged A Campaign of Death Threats, A...
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 18 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Mehta's film is courageous and reticent, a shout masquerading as a whisper.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
12 May 2006
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Ebbs and flows with devastating truths and profound insights into the hypocrisy of extremism in any religion.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
18 May 2006
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Unfolds with the clean, simple lines of a fairy tale, and if the characters initially seem to be too black-or-white to be believable, the moral complexity of the story reveals itself in a gradual, subtle manner.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2006
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Mehta prevailed, and this scandalous, beautiful and very moving tale of repression, hope and a tragedy is her triumph, and Hindu India's shame.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jul 2006
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Quite possibly the best picture of the year thus far, with no fewer than three of the most luminous female performances I have ever seen onscreen.