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Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) (1984)

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Released in India as Ghare Baire, Home and the World offers a rare collaboration between that country's top director Satyajit Ray and versatile Indian film-personality Victor Banerjee. The latter plays a well-educated Hindu living in colonial East Bengal in 1908. When British governor-general Lord Curzon deliberately foments unrest between the Hindus and the Muslims in order to solidify his own power, Banerjee's best friend Soumitra Chatterjee tries to organize his countrymen into a rebellion.

Unrated, 2 hr. 21 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Satyajit Ray

In Theaters: May 22, 1984 Wide

European Classics Video

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee
Sandip
Swatilekha Chatterjee
Bimala Choudhury
Jennifer Kapoor
Miss Gilby
Manoj Mitra
Headmaster
Indrapramit Roy
Amulya
Bimala Chatterjee
Kulada
Victor Banerjee
Nikhilesh Choudhury

Critic Reviews for Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World)

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As with the works of any great director, The Home and the World defies easy categorization.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

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It is a contemplative movie -- quiet, slow, a series of conversations punctuated by sudden bursts of activity.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Ray soft-pedals the ironies (the politician is, of course, a bounder), while bringing out the full emotional sweep of the young woman's awakening, suggesting that the violent demonstrations that rock the streets are the product of a similar repression.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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This graceful film by Ray is as much a tragic love story as an examination of political turmoil in 1908 India.

August 29, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Vividly depicts the clash of values when the modernism of the West impinges on ancient Eastern ways in India.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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one of the best international films ever!

August 5, 2011

Tom Dranginis

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