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The Apu Trilogy
INDIA · 1955

The Apu Trilogy

Satyajit Ray
poverty and economic hardship family struggles rural Bengal life childhood innocence social inequality
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Synopsis

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

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