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The World of Apu

1959 · 105 min

A quiet, humane epic that moves at a gentle pace and leaves a deep ache of loss and renewal.

Overview
Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

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How it feels

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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
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Written by
Satyajit Ray
Starring
Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee, Sefalika Devi, Dhiresh Majumdar, Dhiren Ghosh, Belarani Devi
Music
Ravi Shankar
Cinematography
Subrata Mitra
Runtime
105 min
Country
India
Languages
Bengali, English

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