Story
As a film about fertility, Water Children is an ode to womanhood and the body Filmmaker Aliona van der Horst followed the trail of the unconventional Dutch-Japanese pianist and artist Tomoko Mukaiyama who made a huge work of art on the theme of womanhood and fertility. She created a cathedral-like space out of twelve thousand white silk dresses in which visitors, as in a ritual, roamed around and fell silent. And where people confessed intimate details about children who were or were not born, about sexuality and life-choices. This resulted in a majestic epic about motherhood, miscarriages and menopause. In a visual and poetic way, the film penetrates into what is probably still one of the greatest of taboos, menstruation, and, as a consequence, touches upon universal themes around life and death.
Water Children Movie Poster
Water Children Cast & Crew
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| Country: | Japan, Netherlands |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Runtime: | 75 |
| Adult: | No |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Website: | http://www.waterchildren.nl/en/ |
| Release date: | 2011-07-14 |