Water

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES - Chris Graham Water is a film about many things, with many under water layers. On its floating surface, it appears to be a film about a family in denial. How people often hide behind their...

New Zealand Production

Short 2003 Comedy 15.00 minutes

Water follows the experience of Mary, a seven-year-old girl living with her family in rural New Zealand. One morning Mary discovers a burst pipe under the kitchen sink. Rather than dealing to the problem, the family ignore the leak, preferring to follow their banal daily lives, including their anticipation of a rugby game versus France that night. The leak continues and slowly the house floods. A black comedy of surreal proportions, Water is a film about procrastination, denial and global warming. How one small problem, when ignored, can lead to disastrous consequences.