World of Apu, The
Apur Sansar · dir. Satyajit Ray
India 1959, 117’
25 October, 15:00 · Cinema City — room 8
The World of Apu is the last part of the trilogy created by Satyajit Ray. Apu, its title protagonist, has already completed his studies and dreams of becoming a writer, but for now, he is without a job. He will soon embark on a journey, which will change his life... One of his friends invites him to a wedding ceremony of his relative, which will take place in a village. When it is revealed that the would-be-husband is mentally ill, the friend asks Apu to marry Aparna.
This time, the director focuses on the emotional side of his protagonist, at the same time showing a wide social and cultural panorama of India around 1950s. This beautiful film is the quintessence of the unique poetics created by the director.
| Director: | Satyajit Ray |
| Screenplay: | Satyajit Ray |
| Music: | Ravi Shankar |
| Cinematography: | Subrata Mitra |
| Editing: | Dulal Dutta |
| Cast: | Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee, Dhiresh Majumdar |
| Producer: | Satyajit Ray |
| Awards: | Nagrody Brytyjskiego Instytutu Filmowego / British Film Institute Awards – Sutherland Trophy (1959) |
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