World Trilogies: Ray's Apu Trilogy

November 4–December 30, 2016

  • Aparajito

  • Pather Panchali

  • The World of Apu

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Past Films

  • The World of Apu

    • Friday, November 18 4 PM
    • Sunday, November 20 1:30 PM
    • Friday, December 30 7 PM
    Satyajit Ray
    India, 1958

    Digital Restoration

    The final film of the Apu Trilogy finds Apu as an adult, and in love. “So fresh and spontaneous that one feels . . . as if it were the world’s first love story” (Pauline Kael).

  • Aparajito

    • Friday, November 11 4 PM
    • Sunday, November 13 1:30 PM
    • Thursday, December 29 7 PM
    Satyajit Ray
    India, 1956

    Digital Restoration

    The second film in the Apu Trilogy follows Apu’s family as they travel to the holy city of Benares along the banks of the Ganges. “Graceful, insightful, and moving” (S.F. Chronicle). November 13 screening introduced by filmmaker Robert Beavers.

  • Pather Panchali

    • Friday, November 4 4 PM
    • Sunday, November 6 1:30 PM
    • Wednesday, December 28 7 PM
    Satyajit Ray
    India, 1955

    Digital Restoration

    The first film in the Apu Trilogy. Ravi Shankar provided the score for Ray’s debut film, the tale of a young boy in an impoverished Bengal village. The film won a special prize at Cannes: Best Human Document.