‘Water Lilies’ and the Journey of Identity
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.

The girl meets another lady at the disco, who has gone too much. Calling her a taxi, the main character finds herself at her house and learns that a fashionable stranger recently broke up with a young man.
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.
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