Water [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; Mongrel Media presents in association with Telefilm Canada, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Productions ; a David Hamilton production ; a Deepa Mehta film ; produced by David Hamilton ; written and directed by Deepa Mehta.
Contributor(s): Mehta, Deepa | Hamilton, David (David C.) | Ray, Lisa | Biswas, Seema | Abraham, John | Yadav, Raghuvir | Kharbanda, Kulbhushan | Rehman, Waheeda | Pathak, Vinay | Danna, Mychael | Monie, Colin | Nuttgens, Giles | Hamilton Mehta Productions | Noble Nomad Pictures | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Mongrel Media | Telefilm Canada | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment c2006Edition: Widescreen ed.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Widows -- India -- Drama | Widowhood -- India -- Drama | Widows (Hindu law) -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 WAT 2006 (Browse shelf) | DVD | 1 | Available | SLASx,05000,01,GR | 1000525218 |
Orginally released theatrically in 2005.
Special features: Commentary by director Deepa Mehta [optional audio feature]; Behind-the-scenes [featurette] (21 min.); The story behind the making of 'Water" [featurette] (4 min.).
Music, Mychael Danna ; editor, Colin Monie ; director of photography, Giles Nuttgens.
Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Sarala, Manorama, Vidula Javalgekar, Raghuvir Yadav, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Vinay Pathak.
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.
DVD.
In Hindi with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
2007 Oskar nomination for best foreign language film.