Days and Nights in the Forest [Blu-ray]

Days and Nights in the Forest Blu-ray presents one of the greatest achievements from legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Blending the charm of a buddy comedy with sharp social observation and emotional complexity, this acclaimed drama examines class, privilege and human relationships against the backdrop of rural India.

One of director Satyajit Ray's greatest achievements begins with the deceptively easy grace of a buddy comedy—only to give way to darker moral shading. Seeking a weekend escape from the city, four friends from Kolkata embark on a driving trip to the countryside, where their urban entitlement and prejudices are gradually exposed.

Among these young bachelors is the overconfident Ashim, who finds his self-assurance shaken by Aparna, an enigmatic young woman whose cool intellect conceals turbulent emotional depths. Filmed luminously amid the sound-dappled splendor of the woodlands of India's Palamu region, Days and Nights in the Forest deconstructs the masculine ego and India's fraught class divisions with elegant complexity.

Directed by: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Rabi Ghosh, Samit Bhanja, Subhendu Chatterjee
1970 / 116 min / Bengali / 1 Disc

Film Info

• India
• 1970
• 116 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.37:1
• Bengali
• Spine #1328