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Water Children (2011)
Directed by Aliona van der Horst
Documentary · 1h 15m
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
- Director
- Aliona van der Horst
- Director of Photography
- Maasja Ooms
- Editor
- Aliona van der Horst, Maasja Ooms
- Producer
- Frank van den Engel
Details
- Release date
- 2011-07-14
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, Netherlands