

Pather Panchali
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $31.5K
- Box office
- $536.4K
- Language
- Bengali
- robbery
- misery
- difficult childhood
- move
- monsoon
- teacher
- priest
- remembered death
- black and white
- writer
- railroad
- unemployment
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical26 Aug 1955
United StatesUS
- Theatrical28 Sept 1955
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival8 May 1956
- Physical30 Sept 2003
- Digital / OTTVOD10 May 2020
- Theatrical (limited)Re-release13 Dec 2021
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT1210 May 2020
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalALRe-release13 Nov 2008
- Digital / OTTEye Film Player28 Nov 2024
PolandPL
- Premiere22 Jul 2005
South KoreaKR
- Digital / OTT1522 Sept 2022
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Pather Panchali was released on 26 August 1955.
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CinemaSerf
3/7/2024
Part one of Satyajit Ray's trilogy introduces us to the poverty stricken family of the young "Apu" (Subir Banerjee). His family once had a guava orchard, but his poet and philosopher father "Harihar" (Kanu Bannerjee) had to trade that in to square up his profligate brother's debts. That now means that his mother "Sarbojaya" (Karuna Bannerjee) has to try to keep food on the table for them, his pilfering sister "Durga"…
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