‘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.
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Dawn breaks over Caracas. From a pile of cardboard beside an ATM emerges Irene, a young girl living on the streets. Her days unfold between the struggle to survive, childhood games, and the power of imagination, until the unexpected arrival of her first menstruation abruptly marks the end of childhood and the beginning of a new stage in her life.
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Dawn breaks over Caracas. From a pile of cardboard beside an ATM emerges Irene, a young girl living on the streets. Her days unfold between the struggle to survive, childhood games, and the power of imagination, until the unexpected arrival of her first menstruation abruptly marks the end of childhood and the beginning of a new stage in her life.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Iggy Crespop
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Studio:Colectivo de Realización Artística Caracas (CRAC), Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC), Universidad Central de Venezuela
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