A boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writers: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel) (as Bibhutibhushan Banerji) , Satyajit Ray (script by: in subtitles)Stars:
Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee |& more.Storyline
After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Apu enters a local school, where he does well. By the time he graduates, he has a scholarship to study at a college in Calcutta. So off he goes. His mother is torn by his leaving, and by his growing independence. She loves her son very much and wants him to succeed, but she does not want to be left alone.Aparajito Movie Reviews
Each of the three films of the Apu Trilogy exhibit the extraordinary
quality of a documentary film on the conditions of life in India at the
time they are set. I think this is what I like best in them through
numerous viewings. The films are shot in locations that appear untouched
by any art department
- remote countryside in Bengal, the great cities - Benares and Calcutta.
These films traverse the drama of life and death touching gently on all of the salient points along the path. They put us face to face with the challenge of living in a world, which constantly gives us disappointment. At the same time there is a celebration of that ineffable quality which gives life meaning.
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