Simple as Water

Name: Simple as Water
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 5, 2021
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 85

2021

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HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: November 5, 2021 | Not Rated

Summary: Simple As Water explores the impact of war, separation, and displacement, the film takes audiences into Syrian families’ quests for normalcy and building a new life. Filmed over the course of five years in five countries including Turkey, Greece, Germany, Syria and the US, Simple As Water highlights the universal importance of family.

Director: Megan Mylan

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Claire Shaffer

Nov 4, 2021

Simple as Water is anything but simple when it comes to its technical achievements, weaving together familiar immigrant narratives in ways that still manage to surprise and stun. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 12, 2021

An achingly poignant testament to the unwavering strength of parental and filial bonds. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Nov 4, 2021

You can hardly see the scaffold of a documentary film at all. In fact, “Simple” unfolds more like a riveting neorealist drama, with no trace of the woman and her crew behind the camera, no talking heads, no filmmakerly intervention of any kind Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Nov 12, 2021

A graceful, touching sampler of dilemmas few viewers are likely to have experienced, even as they become ever-more-common reality for the less fortunate in many nations. Read full review

The Playlist Jonathan Christian

Nov 4, 2021

In a vast sea of tasteless or mishandled cinematic nonfiction, Simple As Water displays the voice of a talented filmmaker, exhibits a potently important topic, and shines a light on the international plight of families who deserve to be admired for their courage. Read full review

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fatrabbit

Nov 14, 2021

This is an amazing movie. Really beautiful on all levels. It lets you be a fly on the wall in other peoples' lives. Five different stories, each showing the strength of familial bonds and the way these parents and children love each other. The breathtaking images really stuck with me - aThis is an amazing movie. Really beautiful on all levels. It lets you be a fly on the wall in other peoples' lives. Five different stories, each showing the strength of familial bonds and the way these parents and children love each other. The breathtaking images really stuck with me - a woman stroking her son's arm; a man waiting in an airport for his family to arrive; kids sitting on the side of a road, enjoying themselves in the bleakest of settings... Let yourself dissolve into the movie. Highly recommended.… Expand

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