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‘Waterdrop’ Review: A Rape Allegation Kicks Off a Probing Examination of Corruption and Impunity in Gripping Drama

‘Waterdrop’ Review: A Rape Allegation Kicks Off a Probing Examination of Corruption and Impunity in Gripping Drama

Throughout, “Waterdrop” marries a straightforward naturalism with more elliptical stylistic flourishes — in dialogue, as when we’re treated to a myth about Lake Ohrid during a business meeting, as well as in imagery, as when off-camera conversations score shots from above of fish being deboned on the plate during a luncheon.