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Water Children

07/14/2011

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1hr 15min

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Documentary

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tomoko Mukaiyama

    Director

  • Aliona van der Horst

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan
  • Netherlands

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Tomoko Mukaiyama

Herself

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