Released
Water
September 8 2005 (over 19 years ago)Rating
69
Based on
116 reviews
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.
- Director: Deepa Mehta
- Writer: Deepa Mehta
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 55 m
- Box office: $10,422,387
- Countries: Canada, India
- Companies: David Hamilton Productions, Flagship International, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures
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.
