The Home and the World

Ghare baire, feature film, 1984

DIRECTED BY: Satyajit Ray

The Home and the World

CAST:
Soumitra Chatterjee (Sandip Mukherjee),
Victor Banerjee (Nikhilesh Choudhury),
Swatilekha Chatterjee (Bimala Choudhury),
Gopa Aich (šurjakinja),
Jennifer Kendal (Miss Gilby)

SCRIPT:
Satyajit Ray (prema romanu Rabindranatha Tagorea)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Soumendu Roy

Synopsis:
The story takes place in the beginning of the twentieth century in India. Bimala is married to a rich nobleman Nikhilesh, a peaceful man and a loving husband. Even though their marriage was prearranged, Bimala’s husband truly cares for her and since he was educated in the west, he encourages her to educate herself and wishes more for her than to merely live as a housewife. Their relationship will be put to a test when Nikhilesh’s colleague from college Sandip visits them.

35 mm, color, 140 min