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Pather Panchali

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Original title: Pather Panchali
Year: 1955
Running time: 115 min.
Country: India
Director: Satyajit Ray
Screenwriter: Satyajit Ray
Music: Ravi Shankar
Cinematography: Subrata Mitra (B&W)
Cast: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Subir Bannerjee, Chunibala Devi
Producer: Government of West Bengal
Genre: Drama | Family Relationships. Poverty. Childhood. 1910s
Movie Groups: Apu Trilogy (by Satyajit Ray)
Synopsis / Plot: Tells the story of a Bengali family driven by bad fortune. The father, Harihara, is a secular clerk, healer, dreamer and poet. Sabajaya, the mother, works to feed the family and receives with hope and joy the new birth of Apu. First film of the Apu trilogy.

Awards: 1958: National Board of Review: Best Foreign Film

1957: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film

1956: Cannes: Best Human Document, OCIC Award. Official Selection

1957: San Francisco International Film Festival: Best Picture and Best Director

Critics' reviews

"Beautiful, sometimes funny, and full of love"

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"One of the legendary debuts in the history of film"

Edward Guthmann: SFGATE
"['Pather Panchali'] creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"[It] is one of those rare exotic items (...) that should offer some subtle compensations to anyone who has the patience to sit through its almost two hours."

Bosley Crowther: The New York Times
"Satyajit Ray and cinematographer Subrata Mitra showed a miraculous gift for lighting scenes, coaxing intimate and utterly convincing performances from children and other non-professional actors"

Stuart Jeffries: The Guardian
"It remains a miracle of lyrical realism (...) A masterpiece, inarguably."

Geoff Andrew: Time Out

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