No one deserves to suffer

Jesus 2022-03-25 09:01:23

Human beings live under the same blue sky, and people from different countries, regions, and time and space interpret their estranged lives. In the established traditional life, some people are labeled by the society and live a so-called class life of their own according to the secular rules and the requirements of the code. Although painful and helpless, they can only bear it silently.
Do people live only as they belong to their own class? Are some people born to suffer? Maybe when people adapt and get used to suffering, they will gradually lose the awareness of asking why and questioning life. In the face of time, all things can slowly get used to, and all concepts can be slowly planted. When a person is asked to obey by the whole society in the name of faith, will this person still question and resist?
The widows in the film are forcibly forbidden from secular life, and everyone suffers, but they are taken for granted by everyone. After Carianne died, the eldest sister asked, "Why am I being sent to a widow's house? There must be a reason for this?" "Because this way, one less person can be raised. It seems to be a religious factor, but it is actually just a consideration of money. "How sad that deep-rooted beliefs turned out to be piled up by the interests of a few. Gandhi said: God is not the truth, the truth is God.

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Extended Reading
  • Idella 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    The third part of Deepa Mehta's "Elements Trilogy" (Water). Much more mature than the previous two, but also more ornamental. Lisa Ray's beauty is of course needless to mention, the male protagonist is really handsome.

  • Alberto 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    The real Indian movie in my mind

Water quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Chuyia's Father: [to young Chuyia] Child. Do you remember getting married? Your husband is dead. You're a widow now.

  • [from trailer]

    Narayana: All the old traditions are dying out.

    Kalyani: But what is good should not die out.

    Narayana: And who will decide what is good and what is not?

    Kalyani: You!