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Aparajito (The Unvanquished)

Aparajito

1956

Satyajit Ray

Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta, Ramani Sengupta ...

8.1

4,235

Drama The second chapter in director Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy ('Pather Panchali', 'Aparajito', 'The World of Apu'). Following Apu and his family to the city, Ray explores the crowded streets and busy waterfront, introducing us to a gallery of unforgettable images and characters. But when tragedy strikes Apu's family, the boy becomes a man and must choose between the life his father chose -- a life of duty and disappointment -- or a life of his own. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"It develops a sort of hypnotism for the serene and tolerant viewer who is willing to sit still for an hour and forty-eight minutes and let some stunning black-and-white pictures pass before his eyes."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"It's a masterpiece for which terms like 'simplicity' and 'profundity' seem inadequate."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Ray's relaxed, open style had a tremendous influence on the film world of 1956, but time has absorbed some of its originality."	NEU
United States	Variety	"It doesn't have quite the tension or quite the variety of mood but it has a special brooding quality and a more explicit conflict between East and West."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"This is Ray growing as a film artist, becoming as confident with the frame as he had been on paper. Apu grows with him."	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"The director's control of tone is so great that the films can often juggle two or more conflicting emotions and explore how antithetical moods can complement each other (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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