Water Children
- Documentary
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 14, 2011
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, Netherlands
- Cast
- Tomoko Mukaiyama
- Director
- Aliona van der Horst
- Writer
- Aliona van der Horst
- Producer
- Jorinde Sorée,Frank van den Engel
- Cinematography
- Maasja Ooms
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt3196668