Water Children (2011)

ALL 07/14/2011 (en) Documentary 75 Min
  • Release
    07/14/2011
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Water Children
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.



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Water Children (2011) 75 Min

ALL 07/14/2011 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 07/14/2011
  • Production
  • Original title Water Children
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Aliona van der Horst

    Director

  2. Aliona van der Horst

    Story

  3. Maasja Ooms, Aliona van der Horst

    Editor

  4. Frank van den Engel

    Producer