Devi [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

"In this Indian drama, a rich, deeply religious man has a telling dream that changes the life of his daughter-in-law. He dreamt that the 17-year-old bride was a Hindu goddess incarnate. The dream was quite strong so he places the young woman on an altar outside his house. When a sickly child appears to be cured by her, the whole town comes to believe that she is indeed a goddess. In time the girl herself comes to believe it. Soon her husband comes home from school. He refuses to believe she...