- available formats: 35mm, DVD

SINGLE & DOUBLE DISC VERSIONS AVAILABLE!
DISC 1 INCLUDES:
-Feature Film (Theatrically Released Hindi Version)
-Original 2.35:1 presentation, enhanced for widescreen TV’s
-Optional English Subtitles
-DTS Hindi Audio
-5.1 Hindi Audio
-5.1 French Dubbed Audio
-Director’s Commentary
-Scene Index
-Song Index

DISC 2 INCLUDES (Exclusive to Special Edition):
-Feature Film (Alternate Version – Filmed in English and Never Before Released!)
-Behind the Scenes Featurette
-Original EPK: The Making of Water
-Free Bonus “Scanning the Movies” 2 Part TV Special
-Deleted Scenes
-Theatrical Trailer
-Stills Gallery

Water - a film by Deepa Metha


“A Majestic Epic!”
- MACLEANS

“A Triumph”
- TIME MAGAZINE
 
“Brilliant!”
- THE GLOBE & MAIL

“Luminous”
- ROGER EBERT
 
“A Masterpiece!”
- TORONTO SUN
 
“Compelling”
- HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“A Magnificent Film!”
- SALMAN RUSHDIE

“Profoundly Moving Drama… Deeply Satisfying”
- VARIETY

watch the trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/water/

 

A widow should be long suffering until death, self-restrained and chaste.
A virtuous wife who remains chaste when her husband has died goes to heaven.
A woman who is unfaithful to her husband is reborn in the womb of a jackal.

The Laws of Manu
Chapter 5 verse 156-161
Dharamshastras
(Sacred Hind texts)

Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi’s rise to power, the story begins when eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia’s feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a beautiful young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

 

2005, Canada, 114 minutes. (in Hindi with English or French subtitles)