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BoxOffice: $3,113,922 Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 14 nominations. Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Sep 08,2005

Hollywood Movies | Drama | Romance | Foreign

Ratings: 6.8 / 10 from

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Length: 117 Minute(s)
A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is ... The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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nudity The movie centers around the harsh restrictions of widows in India. They're locked away in houses with out hardly any contact with the outside world. The sexual content in this movie is only implied and never seen. A young girl is married at 8 years old, but her husband dies, thus making her a widow. Sex is not even implied between them. The ashram to which she is sent supports itself by prostituting the widows. At one point, Chuyia, the 8-year-old widow, is taken by a procurer to the home of a wealthy Brahmin to "play." Another widow becomes upset that this has happened, and attempts to rescue her. Chuyia is clearly traumatized by the experience. The procurer is described as a "eunuch." Overall, the on-screen sexual content in this movie is very mild.
violence No actual violence is portrayed in this film.
profanity Very little to none (the subtitles are far more toned-down than the actual Hindi dialogue).
alcohol There is very little alcohol use, as well as some people smoking opium.
frightening After the girl becomes a widow her head is shaved and she is forced into living in poverty. While there is no violence these scenes are quite intense.

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