"Chuyia, remember to be married?"
The question is addressed by his father to an 8 year old girl, who has just lost her husband. Her spontaneous smile and the tinkling of braccialettiai feet disappear suddenly when Chuyia enter, by force according to Hindu tradition, the status of the child-widow (Which means repentance, prayer and devotion to her husband as if he were still alive).
The film's director Deepa Mehta part by the historical context of 1938 to tell a practice still exists, defined religion, but economic in its essence: the widows are to be unclean. They must therefore live in ashram dedicated to them in emotional and economic hardship. They can beg off from the temples, can not eat fried food should not be touched upon, but may receive a "blessing" whoring with Brahmins are already married or marrying the younger brother of her husband.
Every artist who can really define this, succeeds through a "medium" to communicate a vision of the world.
The means for Deepa Mehta is in history, but also in the shots always aesthetically perfect and full, which participates along with a photograph, sculpt characters in the essence of political life.
policy is in fact present in the film, inside and out.
For example, explain to the male protagonist is Deepa, Narayan, why isolation of widows: a mouth to feed and less for a bed in the family, more space in the house.
economic reasons disguised as respect for the texts of the phenomenon sacri.E the figures seem to confirm this thesis: the widows in the world are 245 million soloin 43 million in China and 42.4 million in India.115 million of them live in total poverty.
The data also emerged from the harsh political protests of Hindu fundamentalists, came to the point of the set or burn to death threats against the director and actors of the movie, which forced the Canadian production to shoot in secret in Sri Lanka.
" Water", which is part of the trilogy that includes " Earth" and "Fire " mutual his message also on the properties of ' water of the Ganges River where it descends every morning to wash.
Changing the status of women must be a fluid process, a constant which should not affect only women. The process is for the entire cultural community and is very significativoche Deepa Mehta chooses a young man (and educated follower of Gandhi) to explain the real reasons for the widows of their condition.
conclude by saying that the film has a powerful aura that the value rises to oldest History / History and there is offered as a small jewel of art cinematografica.Voto 10.
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