Pather Panchali (1955)
Director: Satyajit Ray · Writer: Satyajit Ray
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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Director
Satyajit Ray
Cast
Kanu Bannerjee
Harihar Roy 
Karuna Banerjee
Sarbajaya Roy 
Subir Banerjee
Apurba 'Apu' Roy 
Runki Banerjee
Little Durga Roy 
Uma Dasgupta
Durga Roy 
Chunibala Devi
Indir Thakrun 
Tulsi Chakraborty
Prasanna
Haren Banerjee
Chinibas
Binoy Mukherjee
Baidyanath Majumdar 
Reba Devi
Seja Thakrun 
Aparna Devi
Nilmoni's Wife 
Nibhanani Devi
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Part one of Satyajit Ray's trilogy introduces us to the poverty stricken family of the young "Apu" (Subir Banerjee). His family once had a guava orchard, but his poet and philosopher father "Harihar" (Kanu Bannerjee) had to trade that in to square up his profligate brother's debts. That now means that his mother "Sarbojaya" (Karuna Bannerjee) has to try to keep food on the table for them, his pilfering sister "Durga" (Uma Das Gupta) and their resident elderly aunt "Indir" (Chunibala Devi) - and that's not a task she relishes! With nothing much coming in, her's is the job of scraping together the means of buying food and living with the disdain of her neighbours. Finally, "Harihar" concludes that he must go and find work - so off he goes leaving the family to fend for themselves - and all of this with the monsoon season looming large over their dilapidated home. Being the first of a trilo…
