The Strength of Water

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Audience Member Truth and honesty sets its scene in a beautiful New Zealand backdrop, Hokianga. A fragile story of family love brought to its knees, impacting the family as whole and a young boy who's a twin. His questions and reasoning can only be answered by himself and his belief his sister can save him. A simple yet haunting movie powered emotively by loss, grief and anger. The Strength of Water is my first recommendation. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Found this movie by accident. The location is where I was brought up and the story is great. Can easily relate to the film. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I happened upon this film having never heard of it before. It tells the story of 10 year old twins (boy & girl) who live on a farm outside of a rural community on the coastline of New Zealand. When the sister dies unexpectedly the brother is faced with a reality he can't possibly comprehend and so he pretends it never happened. The sister's apparition follows him everywhere and as the film progresses the boy must bring himself to let her go. Its a beautiful film that's both tragic and magical. It's haunting premise and wintery setting remind me of Vincent Ward's film Vigil and the two movies are very similar. Hopefully people will hear about this film and see it. Very good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member just beautiful, emotional piece. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Drags along with a storyline, which doesnt promise much Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Kimi and Melody are 10 year old twins living with their parents and several siblings on a farm on the Hokianga coast. They deliver eggs around the district - and favour a hen they've named Aroha. The arrival of Tai, a teenage drifter looking to move into the local tapu house that belonged to his grandfather, is followed by a terrible accident. Kimi must learn to live apart from Melody, and Tai must learn to deal with the hostility of those in the small community who equate him with the cursed house. There's also Tirea, a teenage girl who finds fragile understanding with the outcast Tai. Why strength of water? The film starts and ends with jellyfish. Loss and renewel, sadness and hope flow through the film. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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