Special Presentation: Satyajit Ray's THE APU TRILOGY
Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new 4K restoration by Janus Films. THE APU TRILOGY follows one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and finally a sensitive man of the world—essential works for any film lover.
Trilogy Pass/Ticket Info: All three films will be presented consecutively on Friday, July 10 and Sunday, July 12. A special pass provides admission to all three films and includes a vegetarian Indian meal. You may choose to see one or two films on Friday, and the final film(s) on Sunday. Passes will be punched for each film and are good for admission to each film once only plus one meal. Passes are $30 for the public and $25 for FilmScene members. Purchase a pass. Individual film tickets are also available.
"The best binge-viewing experience of the year! One of the great achievements of film history." -Shelley Farmer, Indiewire
"The most important revival of the year! Go to worship the near-religious restoration and lose yourself in three very different masterpieces." -David Edelstein, New York Magazine
"If these aren’t the most beautiful movies ever made, they're the most beautiful ones I know. The beauty of this restoration may be enough to move you to tears." -Stephanie Zacharek, The Village Voice
"Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun or the moon." -Akira Kurosawa
Trilogy Pass/Ticket Info: All three films will be presented consecutively on Friday, July 10 and Sunday, July 12. A special pass provides admission to all three films and inludes a vegetarian Indian meal. You may choose to see one or two films on Friday, and the final film(s) on Sunday. Passes will be punched for each film and are good for admission to each film once only plus one meal. Passes are $30 for the public and $25 for FilmScene members. Purchase a pass. Individual film tickets are also available.
APUR SANSAR (The World of Apu)
India • 1959 • 105 minutes • Black & White • In Bengali with English subtitles • 1.37:1
By the time APUR SANSAR was released, Satyajit Ray had directed not only the first two Apu films but also the masterpiece "The Music Room," and was well on his way to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter brings our protagonist's journey full circle. Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood. Featuring soon to be Ray regulars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in star-making performances, and demonstrating Ray's ever-more-impressive skills as a crafter of pure cinematic imagery, APUR SANSAR is a breathtaking conclusion to this monumental trilogy.
AWARDS
Best foreign film, National Board of Review, 1959
Sutherland Trophy, British Film Institute Awards, 1959
CAST
Apu Soumitra Chatterjee
Aparna Sharmila Tagore
Kajal, Apu’s son Alok Chakraborty
Pulu, Apu’s friend Swapan Mukherjee
Sasinarayan, Pulu’s uncle Dhiresh Majumdar
Sasinarayan’s wife Sefalika Devi
Landlord Dhiren Ghosh
Bridegroom Tusar Banerjee
Murari, Aparna’s brother Abhijit Chatterjee
CREDITS
Directed and produced by Satyajit Ray
Screenplay Satyajit Ray
Based on the novel Aparajito by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee
Coproducer Aminyanath Mukherji
Original music Ravi Shankar
Cinematographer Subrata Mitra
Editor Dulal Dutta
Art director Bansi Chandragupta
Sound recordist Durgadas Mitra
Production manager Anil Choudhury