“It’s a film that bears all the hallmarks of Ray’s best work: gracefulness, exquisite pacing and composition, love for his characters and a deep regard for the power of silence to tell a story.”
Screened in tribute to Soumitra Chatterjee (1935 - 2020)
Satyajit Ray (& TPFC) favourite Soumitra Chatterjee sadly passed away at the end of last year after contracting Coronavirus. And while we were unable to hold an physical tribute screening at the time due to lockdown, we're making amends now with this fine example of early-Ray.
Soumitra Chatterjee stars as newly-wed, Umaprasad, who leaves his young wife (Sharmila Tagore) in the home of his wealthy landowning father (Chhabi Biswas). While away, his father is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali — a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her. Set in the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India’s feudal system, Devi is a typically humanistic approach to the complicated dangers of religious fanaticism.
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