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Title Statement | Water [DVD] / Noble Nomad Pictures ; Echo Lake Productions ; produced by David Hamilton ; written and directed by Deepa Mehta. |
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Additional Contributors | Mehta, Deepa |
Biswas, Seema | |
Ray, Lisa,1974- | |
Abraham, John | |
Publication | [Toronto]: Mongrel Media, [2006] |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (115 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 629159033020 |
Other Number | 1588957 |
General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Original 2.35:1 presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs. Special features: director's commentary, scene index, song index. |
Performance Credits | Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Sarala. |
Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: PG. |
Languages | In Hindi with English subtitles or French dubbed audio. |
System Details | DVD, 5.1 audio. |
Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
Summary | In 1938 colonial India, 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live out there lives in penitence; there her feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a beautiful young widow who falls in love with a Gandhian idealist. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Child marriage--Fiction--India |
Widows--Fiction--India | |
Hindu women--Fiction--India | |
Feature films | |
By Location | India--Fiction--Social life and customs |
India--Fiction--History--British occupation, 1765-1947 | |
India--Fiction--History--20th century |