Ghare-Baire (Home and the World)
1984 · Movie · 140 min. · India
1905. Winter. Bengal, India. The period of British rule in India. Following the 'divide-and-rule' policy, Lord Curzon has decided to partition Bengal; one for Hindus and another for Muslims. The people launch a nationalist movement - Swadeshi, appealing for a boycott of foreign-made goods. The movement is symbolised by public burning of foreign-made goods, mainly the British textiles. Bimala (Swatilekha Chatterjee) is the wife of a landlord-king Nikhil (Victor Banerjee) who has had a Western education in England and has liberal views. She is content to live in seclusion of her inner apartments and has no desire break the custom to explore the outside world. Nikhil is the only man she has ever interacted with. She met him first on their wedding day.
Direction Satyajit Ray
Cast Soumitra Chatterjee · Victor Banerjee · Bimala Chatterjee · Gopa Aich · Swatilekha Chatterjee · Manoj Mitra · Indrapramit Roy · Jennifer Kendal
Soundtrack Satyajit Ray
Screenplay Satyajit Ray · Rabindranath Tagore
Cinematography Soumendu Roy
Original title Ghare-Baire (Home and the World)
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105 votes (FilmAffinity)
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