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Pather Panchali (1955) | Criteria

Still from Pather Panchali — Pather Panchali (1955) — Satyajit RayPhotographed by Subrata Mitra

Poster for Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali

পথের পাঁচালী

India / Bengali / 1955 / 2h 5m

Criterion Collection: Spine №783
Letterboxd: 4.32/5·67.3K ratings·14.4K reviewson Letterboxd
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Synopsis

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.

Joshua Z Weinstein#1tie
Meg Baird#1tie

Kelly Reichardt

#3

Rashaad Ernesto Green#5

Terence Nance#6tie

David and Nathan Zellner#7tie

Ramin Bahrani#7tie

Constance Tsang#8tie

Ari Aster#10tie

Soumitra Chatterjee on PATHER PANCHALI

A Long Time on the Little Road

Soumendu Roy on PATHER PANCHALI

Ravi Shankar on THE APU TRILOGY

Shampa Srivastava on PATHER PANCHALI

Karyn Kusama on PATHER PANCHALI

Bill Hader on PATHER PANCHALI

Michael Cunningham on PATHER PANCHALI

Included in
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time: Directors’ Poll
Position 17
Included in
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time: Critics’ Poll
Position 22
Included in
Microbudget Movies
Position 2
Included in
Satyajit Ray at 100
Position 1
Included in
By the Book
Position 15
Included in
Karyn Kusama’s Adventures in Moviegoing
Position 1

Part of Box Set

The Apu Trilogy

#782 Criterion Collection

Credits

Crew

DirectorSatyajit Ray

WriterSatyajit Ray

CinematographerSubrata Mitra

ComposerRavi Shankar

EditorDulal Dutta

ProducerSatyajit Ray, Bansi Chandragupta

Cast

Kanu Bannerjeeas Harihar Ray

Karuna Banerjeeas Sarbojaya Ray

Chunibala Devias Indir Thakrun

Uma Das Guptaas Durga Ray

Subir Banerjeeas Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

Runki Banerjeeas Little Durga Ray

Reba Devias Seja Thakrun

Aparna Devias Nilmoni's wife

Tulsi Chakrabortyas Prasanna, school teacher

Binoy Mukherjeeas Baidyanath Majumdar

Haren Banerjeeas Chinibas, Sweet-seller

Nibhanani Devias Dasi Thakurun

Roma Gangulias Roma

Harimohan Nagas Doctor

Kshirod Royas Priest

Double Feature

Streaming now, and why it pairs with this film

Poster for Aparajito

Aparajito1956

Both on Top 10 lists by Ari Aster, Constance Tsang and 4 others, both directed by Satyajit Ray, and both starring Karuna Banerjee

Or

Apur Sansar1959Both on Top 10 lists by Ari Aster, Constance Tsang and 4 others, and both directed by Satyajit Ray
Devi1960Both directed by Satyajit Ray, and both starring Karuna Banerjee

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Articles

via Criterion Collection

The Apu Trilogy: Behind the UniversalGirish Shambu — Nov 19, 2015
The Apu Trilogy: Every Common SightTerrence Rafferty — Nov 17, 2015
Diving into the Nitty-Gritty of Film Conservation in KolkataBenjamin Mercer — Dec 26, 2018
Resurrecting The Apu TrilogyNov 29, 2015