Description:In the first film in director Satyajit Ray's acclaimed trilogy, A boy named Apu is born to a poor but proud Brahmin family. When father Harihar (Kanu Bannerjee) loses his treasury job, he sets out to find work elsewhere, leaving his family with depleted resources. In his absence, their condition deteriorates. Months later, Harihar retIn the first film in director Satyajit Ray's acclaimed trilogy, A boy named Apu is born to a poor but proud Brahmin family. When father Harihar (Kanu Bannerjee) loses his treasury job, he sets out to find work elsewhere, leaving his family with depleted resources. In his absence, their condition deteriorates. Months later, Harihar returns to face the tragedy that forces the family to leave their ancestral home.... (more)(less)
Release date : 22 September 1958 UPC: 043396018181
"Pather Panchali is certainly a unique film of its kind. Director Satyajit Ray borrows heavily from the Italian neorealist tradition, to map out a rather lovely depiction of rural Bengali life. Its cinematography is absolutely lovely, focusing on minimal objects and gestures, rather than fierce melodrama, in order to convey emotion. It follows the days of a small family, dealing with the constant hovering cloud of modernization that accompanies the story's several tragic occurrences. What makes t"
"Throughout the whole thing, I kept thinking of this quote by Master Shake about "The Flintstones"; "this has no relevance to my or anybody elsle I know's life". That's exactly how I felt about this film. It's certainly good from a technical standpoint, but I just couldn't bring yself to really care about any of the characters"
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