Sun February 9, 2014
Three Daughters, Satyajit Ray (India, 1961)
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35mm Restored Print!
In honor of the centenary of the writer Rabindranath Tagore’s birth, Satyajit Ray made this feature based on three Tagore stories. The first story, The Postmaster, concerns a young man from Calcutta who lands a job in a remote village. He is looked after by an orphan girl, and his eventual departure causes an unexpected tragedy. Aparna Sen stars in the comedy Samapti (The Conclusion), a kind of Indian Taming of the Shrew in which a village tomboy revolts against an arranged marriage on the night of her wedding. Monihara (Bejewelled Obsession, or The Lost Jewels), originally the second story, is a chilling study of a childless woman’s infatuation with jewelry, and her return after her death to frighten her husband.
• Written by Ray, based on stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee. (171 mins, In Bengali with English titles, 35mm, Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, and the Film Foundation, From Academy Film Archive, permission Janus Films/Criterion Pictures)
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In honor of the centenary of the writer Rabindranath Tagore’s birth, Satyajit Ray made this feature based on three Tagore stories. The first story, The Postmaster, concerns a young man from Calcutta who lands a job in a remote village. He is looked after by an orphan girl, and his eventual departure causes an unexpected tragedy. Aparna Sen stars in the comedy Samapti (The Conclusion), a kind of Indian Taming of the Shrew in which a village tomboy revolts against an arranged marriage on the night of her wedding. Monihara (Bejewelled Obsession, or The Lost Jewels), originally the second story, is a chilling study of a childless woman’s infatuation with jewelry, and her return after her death to frighten her husband.
• Written by Ray, based on stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee. (171 mins, In Bengali with English titles, 35mm, Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, and the Film Foundation, From Academy Film Archive, permission Janus Films/Criterion Pictures)
35mm Restored Print!
In honor of the centenary of the writer Rabindranath Tagore’s birth, Satyajit Ray made this feature based on three Tagore stories. The first story, The Postmaster, concerns a young man from Calcutta who lands a job in a remote village. He is looked after by an orphan girl, and his eventual departure causes an unexpected tragedy. Aparna Sen stars in the comedy Samapti (The Conclusion), a kind of Indian Taming of the Shrew in which a village tomboy revolts against an arranged marriage on the night of her wedding. Monihara (Bejewelled Obsession, or The Lost Jewels), originally the second story, is a chilling study of a childless woman’s infatuation with jewelry, and her return after her death to frighten her husband.
• Written by Ray, based on stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee. (171 mins, In Bengali with English titles, 35mm, Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, and the Film Foundation, From Academy Film Archive, permission Janus Films/Criterion Pictures)
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In honor of the centenary of the writer Rabindranath Tagore’s birth, Satyajit Ray made this feature based on three Tagore stories. The first story, The Postmaster, concerns a young man from Calcutta who lands a job in a remote village. He is looked after by an orphan girl, and his eventual departure causes an unexpected tragedy. Aparna Sen stars in the comedy Samapti (The Conclusion), a kind of Indian Taming of the Shrew in which a village tomboy revolts against an arranged marriage on the night of her wedding. Monihara (Bejewelled Obsession, or The Lost Jewels), originally the second story, is a chilling study of a childless woman’s infatuation with jewelry, and her return after her death to frighten her husband.
• Written by Ray, based on stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee. (171 mins, In Bengali with English titles, 35mm, Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, and the Film Foundation, From Academy Film Archive, permission Janus Films/Criterion Pictures)
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