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Women's Perspective from Ray
posted by TonyTonyTonySTAFFMOD on June 9, 2021 at 4:38 PM
I love the way the director is able to portray Charulata's loneliness in the beginning scene. He treats her story tenderly throughout and it's another in a line of his films that portray a women's point of view. See The Big City and the Three Daughters Trilogy for other examples of this. And all his films are gorgeously photographed.
Reply by Fergoose
on July 5, 2021 at 5:56 PM
I haven't seen any of his work prior to this (or indeed any Indian films), and this was shot beautifully. Excellent portrait of a woman of leisure trapped in an, albeit well meaning, arranged marriage to a seemingly far older man. The style and character study were superb, but the sub-plot and general narrative less so. Still, well worth watching and a million miles away from the garish, gurning stereotype of Indian film.
7/10