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This third film in Deepa Mehta's trilogy - the first were Fire (1996) and Earth (1998) -- is set in 1938 colonial India during 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 young widow who falls for a Gandhian idealist. "Profoundly moving." (Variety) "A triumph." (Time).
Mehta’s daughter Devyani Saltzman will attend the 7 p.m. screening on Saturday, April 29th at the Monicas and participate in a Q&A afterward. Saltzman is the author of Shooting Water: a Memoir, which chronicles the turbulent experience of filming WATER with her mother.
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 8 engagements
- Beverly HillsLumiere Music HallFri, Dec 8, 2006 – Thu, Jan 11, 2007 · 5 weeks
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Dec 8 – Thu, Dec 21, 2006 · 2 weeks
- Beverly HillsLumiere Music HallFri, Jun 23 – Thu, Jul 20, 2006 · 4 weeks
- One ColoradoFri, Jun 16 – Tue, Jun 27, 2006 · 2 weeks
- Santa MonicaMonica Film CenterFri, Apr 28 – Thu, Jun 22, 2006 · 8 weeks
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, May 5 – Thu, Jun 22, 2006 · 7 weeks
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Fri, May 5 – Thu, Jun 15, 2006 · 6 weeks
- Fallbrook 7Fri, May 5 – Thu, May 11, 2006 · 1 week