film, El Topo, by Alejandro Jodorowsky, the protagonist and his female companion approach a river and the woman attempts to drink from it, only to find out that it is bitter in taste. The protagonist tells her that Moses found water in the desert but that the people were unable to drink it because it was bitter and so they called the water Marah. The protagonist then stirs the water with a tree branch, the woman drinks again and this time it is sweet. He then tells her, "I shall call you Marah, because you are bitter like water". See also Massah Meribah References Sources The Torah - A Modern Commentary by Gunther W. Plaut, pp. 495; Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1981, New York. Torah_places