Pather Panchali Song of the little road

DVD - 2015

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray , dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Feature films India
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvingtron, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2015]
Language
Bengali
English
Other Authors
Satyajit Ray, 1921-1992 (film director), Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa, 1896?-1950 (-)
Edition
DVD edition ; full screen
Item Description
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee.
Issued as part of the Apu trilogy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Aspect ratio, 1.37:1.
Special features: New 4K digita restoration, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Archive at the Academy of Motion picture arts and Sciences and L'lmmagine Ritrovat; Audio recording from 1958. New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Shampa Srivastava.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; Aspect ratio, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital; Region 1, NTSC.
Production Credits
Music, Ravi Shankar ; photography, Subrata Mitra ; editor, Dulal Dutta.
ISBN
9781681430423
9781681430881
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Calcutta-born Satyajit Ray (1921-92) launched his acclaimed career with Pather Panchali, about an impoverished Bengal boy named Apu, who turns teen student in Aparajito and college grad in Apur Sansar. Influenced by Italian neorealism, Ray departed from traditionally musical Indian cinema in favor of a slice-of-life approach tinged with lyricism. A herculean reconstruction effort on fire-ravaged original negatives has restored the celebrated trilogy's beautiful imagery, telling the poignant story of a life marked by familial love and loss. A must-have classic. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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