Unbelievable story based on true events in India. I could not believe that women are so discriminated in this country. It's a very slow but good movie. I was astonished that in 2001 : 34 million women (widows) are in fact considered as lost for the society.

Better than the usual garbage but still not nearly as hard-hitting as it could be.

A beautiful film, this is a rich exploration of the mix of religious tradition and colonialism, and its consequences on certain classes of women. The romantic melodrama, which is instrumental to the plot, seems a little out of place, and it is this element where the director takes the most risks in her film. This is in contrast to the risks in filmmaking that she took -- her life was threatened and sets destroyed by fundamentalists the first time she tried to make the movie.

a bit slow, but not bad.

A bite too long, but beautiful.

"Unjustly victim to the same religious system to which the main character is faithful, her confines are a strange necessity to her as is the water to the lilies." - Sara Schieron

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Unfortunatly boring...

This was a beautifully shot film, India never fails to amaze.

A very powerful film that highlights a situation that most people, myself included, probably don't know about. Yes it's Indian (at least partly) but its not the usual bollywood crap. Well worth a look.