The "Apu Trilogy" (BFI Film Classics)

by Philip Kemp

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Released between 1955 and 1959, the three films that became known as Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" introduced a major new filmmaking talent to the world. Based on a classic Bengali novel, "The Song of the Road" by Bibhutibhusan Banerji, the trilogy traces the life of its young hero, Apu, starting in "Pather Panchali" (1955) with Apu's boyhood in a remote Bengali village. "Aparajito" ("The Unvanquished") (1956) follows Apu's adolescence and growing ambitions in the slums of Benares, while in "Apur Sansa" ("The World of Apu") (1959) the tragic end of a brief marriage leads to Apu's self-imposed exile and...Read more
  • ISBN10 1844571793
  • ISBN13 9781844571796
  • Publish Date 1 May 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint BFI Publishing
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 96
  • Language English