Summary
An impoverished priest, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengali village in search of work.Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 783. |
| Subjects |
Bandyopādhyāẏa, Bibhūtibhūshaṇa,
-- 1896?-1950
-- Film adaptations.
Country life -- India -- Bengal -- Drama. Families -- India -- Bengal -- Drama. Priests -- India -- Family -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :The Criterion Collection,2015 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Apu trilogy. Pathera pān̐cālī. Song of the little road |
| Contributors |
Ray, Satyajit,
1921-1992, director, screenwriter. Banerjee, Kanu, 1905-1985, actor. Bannerjee, Karuna, actor. Banerjee, Subir (actor), actor. Dasgupta, Uma, actor. Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012, composer. Bandyopādhyāẏa, Bibhūtibhūshaṇa, 1896?-1950. Pathera pān̐cālī. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. West Bengal (India), production company. |
| Participants/Performers |
Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Ravi Shankar ; cinematographer, Subrata Mitra. |
| Language |
Bengali English In Bengali with English subtitles. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Also issued as part of the 3-disc set: The Apu trilogy. Based on the novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee. Special features include: 1958 audio recording of Satyajit Ray reading his essay, "A long time on the little road"; new interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Shampa Srivastava and camera assistant Soumendu Roy; excerpts from 2003 documentary featuring Ravi Shankar. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681430881 1681430886 9781681430423 1681430428 |
| Other | Classic View |