‘Water Lilies’ and the Journey of Identity - Movie Review
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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When their beloved grandmother Poppy dies, siblings Laila and Josh return to the Namaqualand farm where they spent most of their lives. For Laila, it’s clear: Poppy must be buried beside her parents on the land where generations of their family once lived. But the farm has changed hands, and the new owners deny permission for the burial . Laila refuses to accept this and decides to fulfil Poppy’s wish. But what does it truly mean to honour those we have lost? And what does it cost to claim a past that no longer has a place for you?
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When their beloved grandmother Poppy dies, siblings Laila and Josh return to the Namaqualand farm where they spent most of their lives. For Laila, it’s clear: Poppy must be buried beside her parents on the land where generations of their family once lived. But the farm has changed hands, and the new owners deny permission for the burial . Laila refuses to accept this and decides to fulfil Poppy’s wish. But what does it truly mean to honour those we have lost? And what does it cost to claim a past that no longer has a place for you?
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