Aparajito (1956)
Directed by Satyajit
Ray this sequel to Pather Panchali (1955) stars Karuna Banerjee,
Smaran Ghosal, Pinaki Sen Gupta and Kanu Banerjee. Having moved to
the big city the father becomes sick and dies leaving Apu and his
mother with an uncertain future.
This sequel places our
protagonist as a personification of India facing a choice between
family, tradition and religion on one side with education and modern
world to explore on the other. While I preferred the original this
film is still just as interesting and has a couple of great moments
of tragedy. One moment of direction stands out, the father's death,
and there a number of nice call backs to symbols used in the first
film.
4/5
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