After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Apu enters a local school, where he does well. By the time he graduates, he has a scholarship to study at a college in Calcutta. So off he goes. His mother is torn by his leaving, and by his growing independence. She loves her son very much and wants him to succeed, but she does not want to be left alone.... (Full plot summary below)
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After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Apu enters a local school, where he does well. By the time he graduates, he has a scholarship to study at a college in Calcutta. So off he goes. His mother is torn by his leaving, and by his growing independence. She loves her son very much and wants him to succeed, but she does not want to be left alone.
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| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...eloquently dramatizes oppositions: tradition versus invention; religion versus science; adolescence versus adulthood. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannThere's pleasure in witnessing Apu's thrill of knowledge, but sadness when his ambitions create an inevitable break with his mother. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertStanding above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrRay's relaxed, open style had a tremendous influence on the film world of 1956, but time has absorbed some of its originality. |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherIt is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, that it develops a sort of hypnotism for the serene and tolerant viewer. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe word 'masterpiece' is certainly overused, but this is one instance when it is deserved. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe second panel in Ray's masterpiece, Thr Apu Trilogy, is less dramatic than the first or last, but it's just as insightful and emotionally touching. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbiteach tightly constructed story flows naturally like the Ganges River without artificial contrivances |
| Stream on DemandSean Axmaker... Ray introduces us to the bustle of city life (where poverty is just as prevalent but has a different face). |
| Playback:stlSarah Boslaugh...Aparajito...drew criticism for its refusal to create an idealized mother-son relationship. |
