{"id":83417,"date":"2022-04-28T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83417"},"modified":"2022-04-30T12:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T19:24:58","slug":"pather-panchali-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83417","title":{"rendered":"Pather Panchali (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Who&#8217;s to say who&#8217;s good and who&#8217;s not? People are always cheating you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poster-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-83418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poster-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poster-181x270.png 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poster.png 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young boy (Subir Banerjee) and his sister (Uma Das Gupta) grow up with an aged &#8220;auntie&#8221; (Chunibala Devi) in rural Bengal while their mother (Karuna Bannerjee) struggles to make ends meet, and their dad (Kanu Bannerjee) is gone looking for work.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Childhood<\/li>\n<li>Elderly People<\/li>\n<li>Family Problems<\/li>\n<li>Indian Films<\/li>\n<li>Satyajit Ray Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;debut film&#8221; by Satyajit Ray &#8212; based on an autobiographical novel by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibhutibhushan_Bandyopadhyay\">Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay<\/a> &#8212; has &#8220;an almost documentary feel to it, so authentic is his depiction of life in a small Bengali village, circa 1915.&#8221; The rambling storyline primarily shows the young children playing and observing the world around them while their &#8220;father remains optimistic despite having little money:&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"731\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad.png 1001w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Optimistic-Dad-370x270.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; instead &#8220;letting his wife do all the worrying about town gossip, about Auntie&#8217;s bad influence on her daughter (who steals fruit for her, and is accused of snatching a necklace), about the kids not having enough to eat (they get less because Auntie must eat), about the house being in disrepair, and most of all, about their poverty.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"727\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy.png 1007w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Poverty-Boy-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that Karuna Bannerjee (who only made 12 films over her career through the mid-&#8217;70s) &#8220;is a remarkable actress &#8212; with a slight turn of the head, a worried look inward with her beautiful eyes, an almost imperceptible intake of air, she conveys immense anguish.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"722\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5.png 1000w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Mother5-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as Peary points out, while &#8220;the characters are distinctly Indian,&#8221; the &#8220;picture begins as if it were stressing universal qualities that the two children possess: they lick their lips as the candy man passes by, the attend festivals, they run through the fields and woods:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"739\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking.png 1001w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Field-Walking-366x270.png 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;they get excited when they see trains (Ray&#8217;s favorite fate symbol), [and] they fight when Apu gets into [his] big sister&#8217;s stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peary describes the movie as &#8220;beautiful&#8221; and &#8220;unpretentiously sensitive,&#8221; with &#8220;humor&#8221; but &#8220;extremely sad,&#8221; noting that while &#8220;the characters in the film (including neighbors) love each other&#8221; this &#8220;doesn&#8217;t stop them from hurting each other repeatedly&#8221; &#8212; but &#8220;what is so special are those rare moments when they reveal their love.&#8221; This groundbreaking film &#8212; directly inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32382\"><em>The Bicycle Thief<\/em> (1948),<\/a> and featuring a haunting score by Ravi Shankar &#8212; is both gorgeous and devastating; viewers should be forewarned that it&#8217;s an emotionally wrenching, albeit essential, cinematic experience. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances by the entire cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"731\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2.png 1009w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy2-373x270.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"735\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma.png 1007w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Uma-370x270.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1005\" height=\"727\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning.png 1005w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Crone-Leaning-373x270.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Subrata Mitra&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking.png 1003w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking-768x555.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Boy-Walking-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1011\" height=\"739\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids.png 1011w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Kids-369x270.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Numerous memorable moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1011\" height=\"733\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile.png 1011w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-No-Smile-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"727\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning.png 1001w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Pather-Panchali-Spinning-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ravi Shankar&#8217;s score <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, of course. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048473\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1958\/09\/23\/archives\/screen-exotic-import-pather-panchali-from-india-opens-here.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/3798-the-apu-trilogy-every-common-sight\">Criterion Collection Essay (Apu Trilogy)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/86373\/pather-panchali#articles-reviews?articleId=650430\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/3459\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/moviediva.com\/reviewpages\/mdpatherpanchali\/\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who&#8217;s to say who&#8217;s good and who&#8217;s not? People are always cheating you.&#8221; Synopsis: A young boy (Subir Banerjee) and his sister (Uma Das Gupta) grow up with an aged &#8220;auntie&#8221; (Chunibala Devi) in rural Bengal while their mother (Karuna Bannerjee) struggles to make ends meet, and their dad (Kanu Bannerjee) is gone looking for work. 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