‘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 wife dies and leaves behind three children and their father. The maid begins to set her nets on him, until she marries him after her divorce from her first husband. The maid dies and the daughter is accused, and at the last minute the real killer is revealed, who is the maid’s brother.
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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