Pather Panchali
Satyajit Ray / IN, 1955 / 125 min.
Charles Burnett, pioneer of Black independent cinema, whose films are currently screening in Eye, said that Satyajit Ray’s award-winning film Pather Panchali was the most significant influence on his debut Killer of Sheep, which also deals with a family’s everyday lives and concerns.
The heyday of Italian neorealism was pretty much over when director Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali – the major Indian representative of the genre. The film is the first in his ‘Apu trilogy’, examining the everyday lives of people on the bottom rung of Indian society on the basis of three phases in the life of the eponymous character.
Screens in a 4K restored version from the Eye collection.
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Details
Director
Satyajit Ray
Production year
1955
Country
IN
Original title
Pather Panchali
Length
125 min.
Language
Bengali, Bangla
Subtitles
NLD or ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
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