A 1990s art student uses a lucid dreaming elixir to break through her creative blocks and finds herself trapped in a surreal dreamscape where her inner demons become real life monsters.
Feng Xia (Joan Chen), a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life in silent obedience to her family, her culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets Camille (Charlotte Aubin), a free-spirited and carefree young Québécoise, a long-suppressed desire resurfaces. In the stifling heat of the Montreal summer, Feng Xia dares, for the first time, to choose herself.
Kidnapped and abandoned in the remote wilderness with a former client, a successful defence lawyer has to resist becoming judge, jury and executioner.
The Struggle for Mother Water explores the many disturbing dimensions of the global water crisis, how women worldwide are leading a determined, inspiring fight to protect and defend water - for their families, their communities, for all of life.