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Aparajito

1956 · 110 min

Quietly devastating and tender, it observes a young man's widening world and his mother's quiet loneliness with patient, humane restraint.

Overview
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
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
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Written by
Satyajit Ray
Starring
Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Ramani Ranjan Sengupta, Charuprakash Ghosh, Subodh Ganguly, Santi Gupta
Music
Ravi Shankar
Cinematography
Subrata Mitra
Runtime
110 min
Country
India
Languages
Bengali, Sanskrit, English

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