Title from container. Based on the novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee. Issued as part of the Apu trilogy. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Aspect ratio, 1.37:1. Special features: New 4K digita restoration, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Archive at the Academy of Motion picture arts and Sciences and L'lmmagine Ritrovat; Audio recording from 1958. New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Shampa Srivastava. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Chunibala Devi, Uma Das Gupta, Subir Banerjee, Shampa "Runki" Banerjee, Reba Devi.
Summary:
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray , dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.
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