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The Citizen
INDIA · 1977

The Citizen

Ritwik Ghatak
rural-to-urban migration father-son relationship economic struggle pursuit of opportunity working class life
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Synopsis

A naive young farmer saves up for five years to move to Bangkok and buys a taxi in hopes of making a better life for him and his son.

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I really, really love it. It's one of the coolest movies ever made. And also it was a gigantic influence on Reservoir Dogs.
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