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Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959)
3xDVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 324 mins | Total: 17,05 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
3xDVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 324 mins | Total: 17,05 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
"Pather Panchali", "Aparajito (The Unvanquished)", and "Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)" make up Satyajit Ray's trilogy of films about a young man growing up in '20 era India. Although not originally intended as a trilogy, the films, which took eight years to complete, were a cultural breakthrough that showed the rest of the world a different side of worldclass Indian cinema. Ray's ability to transfer a poetic justice to the life trajectory of Apu from a good-hearted child to a responsible adult, and father to his son, comes through in the director's patient and all-encompassing embrace of the mysteries of life. Set in Bengal, the engrossing trilogy transports the viewer into another world that we come to know and accept as our own. Ravi Shankar created the music for this unforgettable masterpiece of humanist cinema filmed by the incomparable cinematographer Subrata Mitra.
Pather Panchali won 13 International awards (including Best Human Document award at Cannes), Aparajito snagged 11 (including Venice's Golden Lion) and Apur Sansar won a BFI Best film award and a BAFTA Best Film nom.
Rober Ebert's Review
Between 1955 and 1991, Indian director Satyajit Ray made more than thirty feature films, but he's best remembered in the West for the "Apu trilogy," which launched his career. Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959) are based on the novels of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhya and follow their hero, Apu, from his impoverished childhood in a small Bengali village through early adulthood, when he becomes a novelist, husband, and father. Together, the films constitute one of the cinema's true masterpieces, a work of Dostoyevskian richness-of-detail and emotional complexity.
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Pather Panchali / Song of the Little Road (1955)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 | 01:59:38 | 5,27 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 | 01:59:38 | 5,27 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
Born into the prestigious Brahmin caste doesn’t insure material wealth, especially when living in his father’s ancestral village. To pay off his own father’s debts, Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee) has bequeathed the family orchard to the neighbors, which troubles his more practically minded wife Sarbojaya (Karuna Bannerjee). She argues that they could live far more comfortably in Benares on the banks of the Ganges, where her husband could regularly perform priestly rituals. But with a loving wife, an energetic daughter named Durga, newborn son Apu, and enough food to survive Hari feels content.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/6d/e2/001de26d_medium.jpeg)
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Filled with idyllic images and very human sequences where the children and ducks parade after the local candy-man in Felliniesque fashion, and brother and sister often lovingly play childish pranks on each other. The real scene-stealer is 80-year old Auntie (Chunibala Devi, one of only three professional actress in the ensemble cast). Durga bonds with the rebellious spirit of her elderly aunt, supplying her with stolen guavas from the neighbor’s orchard that inspire huge toothless smiles to the old woman and responsible scolding from Durga’s vigilant mother.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/6e/e2/001de26e_medium.jpeg)
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Two thematic highlights of the first Apu film come from the train and death sequences, both recurring in each chapter of the trilogy. Apu’s obvious fascination with the train foretells change in the family traditions, as he is destined to travel his own path. In Hindu philosophy Death is closely connected with Life, and the concept of Re-incarnation holds that rebirth results from the destruction of this life.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/6f/e2/001de26f_medium.jpeg)
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Thus, Apu’s first encounter with Death is very childlike–coming as no surprise to the audience since Auntie hints strongly that she’s not long for this world, Apu can only stare at her with mouth open. A much harder loss for the family comes following a beautifully filmed monsoon sequence, signaled with an abrupt cut to the likeness of the Hindu god Ganesha, a powerful Elephant-like deity of wisdom. With this loss comes a rebirth, as the family cuts its ties to its ancestral past and journeys to new life in Benares.
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Aparajito / The Unvanquished (1956)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 01:44:39 | 4,90 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 01:44:39 | 4,90 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
Picking up Apu’s story in Benares, the ten-year old must cope with his father’s sickness and death and his over-protective mother before achieving independence and heading for university life in Calcutta. Some beautifully structured sequences demonstrate Apu’s academic gifts and great curiosity about the world, with his excited attempts to explain solar eclipses to his caring but non-comprehending mother and later dresses as an exuberant African native after reading a biography about Livingstone.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/71/e2/001de271_medium.jpeg)
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The best moments come from Benares, however. And the film’s most memorable moment comes at the moment of Hari’s death–the glimpse in his eye as he takes his last swallow of holy water from the Ganges, coupled with the roof’s pigeons abruptly fleeing, noisily flapping skyward. Had Apu’s father lived longer, it’s possible that he would have continued the priestly traditions as his great uncle desires, but this death again leads to a new life, and it's not the last for Apu.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/72/e2/001de272_medium.jpeg)
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As a seventeen-year old, he becomes completely independent after his mother weakens and dies, and her dying sequence that begins with visuals of her son's sun dial and continues through the fireflies of the evening is also artfully constructed. Although not reprise here, old Auntie's song from the first film comes to mind:“Those who come after have already gone
Leaving me behind the poorest of beggars
Not a cowrie to my name.
Night's mantle descends
Row me across to the other side.”
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Apur Sansar / The World of Apu (1959)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 01:40:49 | 6,88 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 01:40:49 | 6,88 Gb
Audio: Bengali AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | India
In many ways, the final chapter of the trilogy weaves the most compelling story. Apu (now played by Soumitra Chatterjee) remains a true romantic after leaving the intermediate Calcutta University due to lack of funds. He earns a few rupees a month through tutoring, but spends most of his time fantasizing vaguely about the future, playing his flute, and writing his novel—justifying his starving artist lifestyle as necessary for his creativity. Living in a cheap apartment on the top floor overlooking the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Calcutta, he also has to charm his landlord with wit and promises to pay the rent, as he’s three months overdue.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/75/e2/001de275_medium.jpeg)
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An orphan without family obligations, Apu has detached himself from most of humanity until his closest friend Pulu (Swapan Mukherjee) finally tracks him down, treats him to a good meal, and convinces him to accompany him to see his sister's wedding in a rural village 100 miles from the city. Bizarre circumstances arise, and Apu ends up the substitute groom to prevent Pulu’s family from disgrace.
Although this may seem contrived, Ray prepares the way with at least two foreshadowing references. As soon as Pulu’s mother sees Apu, she declares his face to resemble Lord Krishna, while previously Pulu has chastised Apu for his novel. Easily recognizable as more autobiography than fiction, Pulu becomes incredulous when told that the protagonist will have a love interest. How can this be, he asks since Apu has never been within 10 feet of a woman. He scoffs at Apu’s romantic notions about using his imagination—Pulu is far more grounded in reality.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/77/e2/001de277_medium.jpeg)
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But now, Apu is forced to mature. No longer can he live only for himself, and Ray tenderly unveils their developing relationship that begins with great trepidation and graduates into playful intimacy and caring. True to the overall theme of the trilogy, death and rebirth must make their mark. After earlier significant deaths Apu expresses curiosity, stoic acceptance, and natural grief before moving on to a new life.![Satyajit Ray - The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) [Artificial Eye #230] [ReUp]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/76/e2/001de276_medium.jpeg)
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But this is his biggest test, and the young man who has charmed with his good naturedness and easy laugh grows despondent to the point of considering suicide. No longer the easy going romantic, Apu buries his dreams and disbands his novel to seek "peace" through routine work in a remote mine, but once again Pulu brings him to his senses by reminding him of his five year old son. The redemption sequence ending the trilogy is anticipated, yet Ray creatively infuses it with humor and pathos to make it truly memorable.
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The Apu Trilogy remains one of the most remarkable accomplishments in film history, and the only reason we generally don’t hear as much about it as a number of other neorealistic works is that relatively few people have seen Ray's work. Both Pather Panchali and Apur Sansar can stand independently on their own while the middle section, Aparajito, really needs the opening context. Yet, if you’ve seen just one of these films, I can't imagine resisting the others since they become like a close friend that we long to hear more from. In a day when special effects and spectacular action tend to dominate commercial films, Ray's quiet epic trilogy becomes a refuge against overkill of the senses—a cinematic meditation. The subjects may be Bengali, but the universal film gently reminds all of us about Life’s essentials, and in the process renews our faith in the power of the medium.
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