The Great Mystery of Water

Mehta uses her story to discuss the wider contemporary problem of religions being used by extremists as a means of controlling the minds of believers and compelling them to uphold prejudices and practices that owe little to spirituality.

The unspoken subtext of Water is that an ancient religious law has been put to the service of family economy, greed and a general feeling that women can be thrown away.

Water is gorgeously composed and beautifully shot, with a dogged emphasis on water imagery and symbolism, and a luscious sense for color.

...en vigtig social og historisk kritik, men desværre som film forudsigelig og dramaturgisk drænet for opfindsomhed.