One of the greatest pictures ever made.
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10/24/07
Pather Panchali (1954)
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Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 33 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: The first film in director Ray's acclaimed Apu Trilogy (which also includes APARAJITO and THE WORLD OF APU) shows Bengali life through the life of Apu, an Indian boy. A boy named Apu is born to a poor but proud Brahmin family. His loving older sister, Durga, is a sweet girl, but has formed the... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Kanu Banerjee, Subir Banerjee, Runki Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Fresh as a daisy after all these years, Satyajit Ray's 1955 spellbinder comes underpinned by a tumultuous Ravi Shankar sitar and paints a ground's-eye portrait of life in an impoverished Bengali village.
10/24/07
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Not just an Indian classic, but a standout film in the history of cinema.
10/24/07
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A patiently and poetically observed account of the life of a struggling family in a Bengali village.
04/24/02
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Film justly won the 'most human document award' at the 1956 Cannes Film Fest, unveiling a mature film talent in director Satyajit Ray.
10/24/07
Top Critic
There is a faith in the art form here, a pure, loving, embracing faith that really restores my own faith in movies
09/11/06
Less like viewing a film than like spending two hours in another life in another world.
03/01/06
Satyajit Ray began his career with a film that still stands as possibly the best-known Indian film ever made, and regarded by many as one of the greats of all time.
07/05/05
Ray’s trilogy contains absolutely no pretense as it follows Apu’s journey to manhood
02/27/05
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