The Stranger (Agantuk) sees Anila receiving a letter from a man claiming to be her uncle a man who disappeared 35 years prior. He turns up at her family home professing to be an anthropologist a globally seasoned traveller en route from the United States to Australia. The family are suspicious of the stranger believing him to be an imposter with a financial scam to sell. After a grilling from the family's lawyer he leaves as unexpectedly as he arrives leaving behind a stunned family and some very insightful observations. Widely regarded as one of the greatest auteurs... of 20th century cinema and the last of the Bengali renaissance movement begun at the start of the 19th century Satyajit Ray was a giant of Indian cinema. Directing 37 films during his lifetime he was also a critically lauded writer publisher illustrator graphic designer and film critic... as well as recipient of more than 30 Indian National Films Awards a winner of numerous international film festivals - including Berlin Venice and Cannes - and an honorary Academy Award recipient in 1992. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A letter to Anila (Mamata Shankar) announcing the return of her long lost uncle leaves her curious even as it provokes deep suspicion from her husband Sudhin (Deepankar De). On his arrival, Manmohan (Utpal Dutt) proves to be highly charming, going to considerable lengths to ingratiate himself with the couple and their young son. However neither husband nor wife are truly convinced, less out of suspicion and more because Manmohan s larger-than-life nature leaves him out of place in their mundane life. An anthropologist affected with 'wanderlust', Manmohan's experience of different cultures leaves him a stranger in his homeland and an outsider amongst his remaining family. Adapted from one of his own stories, Satyajit Ray's The Stranger is a refined philosophical comedy; gentle in its satire of middle-class family mores and elegiac for the traditions of hospitality it weakly upholds. The film, produced by French admirers Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Toscan du Plantier, proved to Ray's last, a fitting capstone to a landmark career. Actors: Utpal Dutt Directors: Satyajit Ray Format: PAL Language: Bengali (Dolby Digital 2.0) Subtitles: English Dubbed: Bengali
Satyajit Ray's final film charts the familial upheavals wrought by the arrival of a long lost relative at his niece's home. Anila has no recollection of her uncle Manomohan, and her husband suspects him of trying to make illegitimate claims on the family inheritance. Nevertheless, Manomohan is allowed to stay at their house, and soon strikes up a friendship with their son.
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