Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali

Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun or the moon.
-- Akira Kurosawa

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The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali

(Song of the Little Road)
The release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut, Pather Panchali, introduced to the world an eloquent and important new cinematic voice. A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neo-realism, this naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us to both little Apu and, just as essentially, the women who will help shape him: his independent older sister, Durga; his harried mother, Sarbajaya, who, with her husband often away, must hold the family together; and his kindly and mischievous elderly “auntie,” Indir—vivid, multifaceted characters all. With resplendent photography informed by its young protagonist’s perpetual sense of discovery, the Cannes-awarded Pather Panchali is an immersive cinematic experience and a film of elemental power.

AWARDS
Best Human Document, Cannes Film Festival, 1956
Best foreign film, National Board of Review, 1957
Best picture, best director, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1957
Not Rated
Genre
Drama
Runtime
125
Language
Bengali
Director
Satyajit Ray
Cast
Nag, Roma Ganguli

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