The Big City

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Drama

1963, Movie, 2h 16min

THE BIG CITY, the great Satyajit Ray’s first portrayal of contemporary life in his native Kolkata, follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the modern Indian woman.

"The Big City" — drama movie produced in India and released in 1963. It has a very high rating on IMDb: 8.3 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 16min. "The Big City" is currently available to stream on HBO Max, The Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime ⎥ HBO Max and for rent and to buy on Apple TV, Amazon Store and Fandango at Home. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

Country: India

Director:

Satyajit Ray

Cast:

Anil Chatterjee,

Jaya Bachchan,

Haradhan Bandopadhyay,

Madhabi Mukherjee

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8.3

Critic rating

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9.0

Reviews

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...an utterly absorbing and moving drama about the changing worlds of work and home in 1950s India, and a hymn to uxorious love acted with lightness, intelligence and wit.

Read full review at The Guardian