Shown: January 23, 2022 at 6pm
Director : Satyajit Ray
Country : India
Release Date : 1956
Duration : 108 mins
Language : Bengali
Subtitles : Yes
In this, the second film of Satyajit Ray’s masterful Apu Trilogy, Apu and his family move to the holy city of Benares (Varanasi) as Apu continues his academic and spiritual education in adolescence. Enormously touching in its simplicity, emotional sweep and visual beauty, it is often featured in lists of the greatest films ever made. With a soundtrack by Ravi Shankar.
“What makes it almost unparalleled in cinema is its fusion of poignancy, humour, and poetry … it concerns a poor boy growing up in India nearly a century ago – and yet, miraculously, it concerns us all.” (Andrew Robinson – New York Times)