

Water and Salt
2001, Portuguese. Directed by Teresa Villaverde.
Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a few days. That seems to be the ideal solution, because Ana needs to finish a work she has been doing for a long time. But her concentration seems threatened when she starts doing her daily walks by the village and the beach: she saves a stranger from death in the sea, meets young Alexandre and Emilia, and her friend Vera turns up in her house. And then, everything changes…
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 1 August 2001
- Original title
- Água e Sal
- Country
- Portugal, Italy
- Written by
- Teresa Villaverde
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Water and Salt runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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Water and Salt isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 2001. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Water and Salt?
If you liked Water and Salt, try Hounddog, The Safety of Objects, Bastard Out of Carolina.
Who directed Water and Salt?
Water and Salt (2001) was directed by Teresa Villaverde and stars Galatea Ranzi, Joaquim de Almeida, Alexandre Pinto.