Song of the Little Road

Spotlight on India

Retrospective

Song of the Little Road

Pather Panchali

India 1955 Fiction p&b 125’

The story of a young boy, Apu, who lives in a small village in rural Bengal, India, in the early 20th century. His father earns a meagre living as a pujari (a priest) but dreams of a better career as a poet and playwright. His mother takes care of the children and his elderly cousin. With prospects drying up in the village, the father travels to the city to seek a better job, but is gone longer than expected. While that, his harried mother must hold the family together.

Horários de exibição

18/10

18:40

RESERVA CULTURAL - SALA 1

23/10

15:00

CINESESC

29/10

16:00

CINEMATECA ESPAÇO PETROBRÁS

India family drama social portrait childhood maturing retrospective

direction

Satyajit Ray

screenplay

Satyajit Ray

cinematography

Subrata Mitra

editing

Dulal Dutta

sound

Bhupen Ghosh

music

Ravi Shankar

art direction

Bansi Chandragupta

cast

Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Chunibala Devi, Uma Das Gupta, Subir Banerjee, Runki Banerjee, Reba Devi

production

Anil Choudhury

produced by

Government of West Bengal

world sales

NFDC - National Film Archive of India

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

12