Film recommendation · 1955
Pather Panchali
পথের পাঁচালী
Satyajit Ray · 2h 5m
India · Bengali
Drama
What is Pather Panchali about?
In rural Bengal, a brother and sister find wonder and hardship at the edge of their family’s crumbling ancestral home.
Why watch Pather Panchali?
Ray’s first film made the intimate scale of childhood feel epic. Its rain, trains and restless horizons opened a path for Indian cinema that filmmakers everywhere still follow.
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