Pathera p♯nc♯l♯± [videorecording] / citran♯£̀Ưya, paric♯lan♯, Satyaji£̀a R♯ð̀a = Pather panchali / presented by the West Bengal Government ; script and direction by Satyajit Ray.
Originally released theatrically in 1955. Based on the novel Pathera p♯nc♯l♯± by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, part of the Apu trilogy, along with Apar♯jita and Apura sams♯ra. Summary from: Bengali film directory. Calcutta : Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, 1999; imdb.com. Sources used: Bengali film directory. Calcutta : Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, 1999. Kanu Bandyopadhyay, Karuna Bandyopadhyay, Uma Dasgupta, Subir Bandyopadhyay, Chunibala, Runki Bandyopadhyay, Reba Debi, Aparna Debi, Tulsi Chakraborty.
Summary:
The first film of The Apu trilogy, it depicts the childhood of the protagonist Apu in the rural countryside of Bengal in the 1920's. Sometime in the early years of the century, a boy, Apu, is born to a poor Brahmin family in a village in Bengal. The father, a poet and priest, cannot earn enough to keep his family going. Apu's sister, Durga, is forever stealing guavas from the neighbour's orchards. All these add to the daily struggles of the mother's life, notwithstanding her constant bickering with old aunt who lives with the family. Durga becomes sick while her father is away, and eventually dies of inadequate medical treatment of pnemonia. The old aunt also dies. The family leaves the village to find a new home in Banaras with the hope for a better life. It is followed by Aparajito, the second trilogy while Apur Sansar also known as The World of Apu is the third and final part.
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