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Water / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; Mongrel Media presents in association with Telefilm Canada, Noble Nomad Pictures, Echo Lake Productions ; a David Hamilton production ; produced by David Hamilton ; written and directed by Deepa Mehta.
LIBRA DVD 008 929
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD PN1995.9.W6 W38 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Widows--India--Drama.
- Widows.
- Widowhood--India--Drama.
- Widowhood.
- Widows (Hindu law)--Drama.
- Widows (Hindu law).
- Repentance.
- India.
- Repentance--Drama.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen edition ; Anamorphic.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Hindi dialogue, with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A Hindu widow in 1938 could throw herself on her husband's funeral pyre, marry her husband's younger brother or live in poverty and self-denial from then on. When eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed, she is sent to a home in the Holy City of Varanasi where Hindu widows live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices, especially a young woman who has fallen in love with a follower of Gandhi.
- Participant:
- Sarala, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, John Abraham, Manorma, Raghuvir Yadav, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav, Vinay Pathak.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Giles Nuttgens ; editor, Colin Monie ; music, Mychael Danna.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
- Originally released in 2005 as a motion picture.
- Special features: director Deepa Mehta commentary; "Behind-the-scenes" featurette; "The story behind the making of 'Water'" featurette.
- Genie Awards, 2006: best performance by an actress in a leading role (Biswas); best achievement in cinematography; best achievement in music - original score.
- OCLC:
- 70243935
- Publisher Number:
- 024543266143
- 2236614 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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