‘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.

Noel is a young man who puts his dreams of college on hold to take over his father's pedicab route. While his mother constantly tells him that luck will eventually save them, Noel tries to save up what meager earnings he gets. But his passengers often take advantage of his naivete, leaving him with little to show for his suffering. To make things worse, the people around him seem to be falling into tragedy after another, making him question his purpose in life.
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.
Slip on your favorite dungarees and spend the day on the east coast of New Zealand before the 90s.
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When science, Bruce Banner is exposed to gamma radiation from his experiment, he transforms into a gigantic green monster when he gets angry and wreaks havoc wherever he goes.
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