‘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.

It's a film about the struggle for economic and social rights by the quarry workers in El Menya, Egypt Quarrying is the main economic activity for the east bank. A minimum of 25,000 men and children engage in this informal economic activity. The Film tells the story of 16 year Baskaroun and his family together with the efforts to organize and gain some rights by local activists.
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.
‘A Good Person’ makes it clear that forgiveness is hard.
The relationship between Will and Sean is the best part of the movie. It’s always a delight to see Robin Williams on screen
Why did Māhū, a term once respected in Hawaiian culture, become so controversial?
Striving for validation. Let’s be frank….we ALL want to be successful. Whatever we put our efforts into, ideally it is to make it culminate in the best possible results across the board, especially when it comes to what career path we are pursuing. We WANT to excel, to shine, to advance, to be acknowledged. AND…let’s hope that we also wish to better everyone around us to boot. However, what occurs when those whom we initially put our trust in suddenly become a burden instead of a boon? Do we falter under the weight of rejection? Or STAND UP for WHO WE ARE?
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.