Academy Awards, USA 2007
| Nominated Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Canada.
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Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by Deepa Mehta
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox Searchlight)
Widowed women, including some children from arranged marriages, live in a run down temple on the fringe of society in 1938 India. Their religion forbids them from remarrying, but when a handsome free-thinker falls in love with one of them she challenges that unwritten law. However, when it is revealed that these women have also been used to satisfy the desires of wealthy married men, it all falls apart. Exquisitely filmed on location in Sri Lanka, drenched in the vivid colors and music of Hindu culture, this is a pure joy to watch, even if the subject matter can get a bit melodramatic.
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