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Pather Panchali

Movie · 1955 · 120 min

A slow, lyrical immersion into rural poverty and childhood wonder, quietly devastating in its tenderness and loss.

About
1955 film by Satyajit Ray
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Class
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Year
1955
Runtime
120 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • politics
  • survival
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, coming-of-age
Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Written by
Satyajit Ray
Starring
Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Chunibala Devi, Uma Dasgupta, Tulsi Chakraborty, Subir Banerjee, Aparna Devi
Music
Ravi Shankar
Cinematography
Subrata Mitra
Runtime
120 min
Country
India
Languages
Bangla

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