An optically-printed canvas which explores the interior feel of world moving with inherent fluidity through a medium of wind and water. It presents an impressionistic portrait of unnatural forces that collide.

An optically-printed canvas which explores the interior feel of world moving with inherent fluidity through a medium of wind and water. It presents an impressionistic portrait of unnatural forces that collide.

This is an unusual film of exceptional values--75 minutes long in color, with hardly any spoken dialogs. I saw this Iranian film in Farsi without English subtitles at the Early Iranian cinema retrospective on-going International Film Festival of Kerala, India. That I was watching a print without subtitles did not make a difference as there were very few lines of spoken dialogs. 　　This is a very accessible film for any audience to enjoy--its story and values are not merely Iranian, it's universal. 　　The film is set in rural Iran that had not tasted petro-dollar prosperity. The setting is on fringes of desert land, where water is scarce, rainfall scanty and hardly any blade of grass is green. Add to it wind and dust that buffets and whips man and animal and you can imagine plight of the people who live on the fringes of society. 　　The film is moving tale of a young teenager returning to his village with a goat--only to find his family and villagers have moved on to escape natures vagaries and that one old man remains. He gives the goat to him and goes in search of his family. Water is scarce and well water it treated with reverence and never wasted.

This is an unusual film of exceptional values--75 minutes long in color, with hardly any spoken dialogs. I saw this Iranian film in Farsi without English subtitles at the Early Iranian cinema retrospective on-going International Film Festival of Kerala, India. That I was watching a print without subtitles did not make a difference as there were very few lines of spoken dialogs. 　　This is a very accessible film for any audience to enjoy--its story and values are not merely Iranian, it's universal. 　　The film is set in rural Iran that had not tasted petro-dollar prosperity. The setting is on fringes of desert land, where water is scarce, rainfall scanty and hardly any blade of grass is green. Add to it wind and dust that buffets and whips man and animal and you can imagine plight of the people who live on the fringes of society. 　　The film is moving tale of a young teenager returning to his village with a goat--only to find his family and villagers have moved on to escape natures vagaries and that one old man remains. He gives the goat to him and goes in search of his family. Water is scarce and well water it treated with reverence and never wasted.

20世纪30年代的印度，妇女没有人权和自由，她们不过是作为男性的附庸而存在。8岁的小女孩楚娅（Sarala 饰）早早变成了寡妇，她只能被迫剃掉头发，在一个专门为寡妇准备的庭院中度过余下的漫长人生。在这个院子里，生活着恍如天上仙子的年轻女性，也有黄土半埋的枯槁老人，更有处心积虑赚取不义之财的刁蛮之妇。 　　楚娅的明天会怎样？苦命女人的未来又将如何？ 　　本片为印度女导演迪帕•梅赫塔（Deepa Mehta）“要素三部曲”的第三部，分别荣获2006年曼谷国际电影节最佳影片；2006年加拿大吉尼金像奖最佳摄影、最佳配乐和最佳女主角（Seema Biswas）三项大奖；2006年美国国家影评奖最佳表现奖；2005年瓦雅多丽国际电影节青年评委会大奖；2006年温哥华影评人协会奖最佳女主角（Lisa Ray）和最佳导演奖；2007年青年艺术家奖最佳青年演员奖（Sarala）。

20世纪30年代的印度，妇女没有人权和自由，她们不过是作为男性的附庸而存在。8岁的小女孩楚娅（Sarala 饰）早早变成了寡妇，她只能被迫剃掉头发，在一个专门为寡妇准备的庭院中度过余下的漫长人生。在这个院子里，生活着恍如天上仙子的年轻女性，也有黄土半埋的枯槁老人，更有处心积虑赚取不义之财的刁蛮之妇。 　　楚娅的明天会怎样？苦命女人的未来又将如何？ 　　本片为印度女导演迪帕•梅赫塔（Deepa Mehta）“要素三部曲”的第三部，分别荣获2006年曼谷国际电影节最佳影片；2006年加拿大吉尼金像奖最佳摄影、最佳配乐和最佳女主角（Seema Biswas）三项大奖；2006年美国国家影评奖最佳表现奖；2005年瓦雅多丽国际电影节青年评委会大奖；2006年温哥华影评人协会奖最佳女主角（Lisa Ray）和最佳导演奖；2007年青年艺术家奖最佳青年演员奖（Sarala）。

卡斯卡拉，一个西印度洋上的平凡加勒比小岛，像所有该地区的岛屿一样贫穷。岛上都是一些由于海难、流亡而来的难民，人民在岛上过着和平的生活，然而有一天...... 　　卡斯卡拉的总督是个善良但是有点搞笑的英国人，爱好是自己种大 麻抽。他有个风 骚而且爱慕虚荣的妻子。他和岛上的酒 鬼牧师，几个行营仆人还有自由音乐人一起治理这个小岛。卡斯卡拉的宗主国英国由于不想负担该岛上人民的生活费用，百般想放弃这块领地。但是，由于美国人在小岛上找石油的时候误打误撞的发现了世界上最好的矿泉水，该岛的命运一下子改变了。英国人，美国人，法国人，古巴人都出现在这个不起眼的小岛上，为了各自的利益争夺资源......

卡斯卡拉，一个西印度洋上的平凡加勒比小岛，像所有该地区的岛屿一样贫穷。岛上都是一些由于海难、流亡而来的难民，人民在岛上过着和平的生活，然而有一天...... 　　卡斯卡拉的总督是个善良但是有点搞笑的英国人，爱好是自己种大 麻抽。他有个风 骚而且爱慕虚荣的妻子。他和岛上的酒 鬼牧师，几个行营仆人还有自由音乐人一起治理这个小岛。卡斯卡拉的宗主国英国由于不想负担该岛上人民的生活费用，百般想放弃这块领地。但是，由于美国人在小岛上找石油的时候误打误撞的发现了世界上最好的矿泉水，该岛的命运一下子改变了。英国人，美国人，法国人，古巴人都出现在这个不起眼的小岛上，为了各自的利益争夺资源......

Ralph Steiner的第一部电影。它是对水的所有形态的研究。这一液体的反射和运动强化了它的灵动之美。片长: 14min

Ralph Steiner的第一部电影。它是对水的所有形态的研究。这一液体的反射和运动强化了它的灵动之美。片长: 14min