PATHER PANCHALI AT FILM FORUM

## PATHER PANCHALI

Sunday, October 8

11:00

India, 1955

Directed by Satyajit Ray

Starring Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Chunibala Devi

Screenplay by Satyajit Ray

Approx. 125 min. DCP.

In a poor Bengal village, Mom tries to hold things together. At the same time, dreamy Dad looks for work, daughter Durga is accused of stealing and aged “Auntie” (82-year-old former actress Chunibala Devi) eats more than her share. At the same time, the young Apu (8-year-old Subir Bandopadhyay) drinks it all in — including the memorable run through the field of waving grasses for his first sight of a train.

### REVIEWS

“Beautiful, sometimes funny, and full of love, it brought a new vision of India to the screen.”

– Pauline Kael

“A triumph of mood and character rather than an exercise in brisk Western storytelling.”

– Jonathan Rosenbaum

“A hymn to curiosity, courage, and conscience, it introduces Apu as an opening eye, innocent of adult anxieties but alert to adventure and moral discovery. A masterpiece, inarguably.”

– Geoff Andrew, Time Out (London)