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The Music Room

1958 · 100 min

A slow, mournful plunge into a proud man's decline, watching his obsession with status hollow him out.

Overview
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • class
  • grief
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Written by
Santi P. Choudhury, Satyajit Ray
Starring
Chhabi Biswas, Gangapada Basu, Kali Sarkar, Tulsi Lahiri, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta, Begum Akhtar, Waheed Khan
Music
Robin Majumdar, Ustad Vilayat Khan
Cinematography
Subrata Mitra
Runtime
100 min
Country
India
Languages
Bengali

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