Indian-born Canadian director Deepa Mehta’s Water, a film on the plight of Hindu widows in the India of 1930s, lost out to Germany’s The Lives of Others in the Oscar race.
A dazzling first feature from German writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, won the Academy award for the best foreign-language film at a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday.
“Pan’s Labyrinth”, a fable set in wartime Spain and directed by Mexican filmmaker Guilermo del Toro, and considered a hot rival to “Water” won three Oscars Sunday – for art direction, achievement in makeup and cinematography.
But as The New York Times said, “Win or lose tomorrow (Sunday) night at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, one contender – Deepa Mehta’s Water, a nominee for best foreign-language film will already have scored its greatest triumph simply by existing.”
