After losing her husband to illness, an 8 yr. old girl must live in a temple for Hindu widows. "The treatment of widows in India by Hindu fundamentalists is similar to the subjugation of women by fundamentalist Christians, Jews, and Muslims. . .Deepa Mehta has done all women an immense service by making this extraordinary film about the liberation their sisters yearn for with their hearts, minds, bodies, and souls." --Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat.
