The Adversary ( Pratidwandi ) ( Siddharta and the City )

The Adversary (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Pratidwandi
Alternate Title: Siddharta and the City
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
Bengali ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
India ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Satyajit Ray

Written By:
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Satyajit Ray

Actors:
Dhritiman Chatterjee ..... Siddhartha Chaudhuri
Jayshree Roy ..... Keya
Debraj Roy ..... Tunu
Krishna Bose ..... Sutapa
Mamata Chatterjee ..... Sanyal's wife
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury ..... Shiben
Kalyan Chowdhury ..... Sarojini
Indira Devi ..... Sanyal
Soven Lahiri ..... Keya's father
Pisu Majumdar ..... Keya's aunt
Dhara Roy ..... Lotika
Shefali

Synopsis:

The Adversary stars Dhritiman Chatterjee as an Indian university student. Upon the death of his father, Chatterjee is compelled to drop out of school and support his family by taking a series of 'grunt' jobs. Surrounded for the first time in his life by the squalor and poverty of Calcutta, the student grows increasingly embittered over his reduced circumstances. Director Satyajit Ray cannot completely obscure his eye for pictorial beauty even in this tragic tale of dashed hopes. Originally released in 1971 as Pratidwandi, The Adversary has been distributed to English-speaking countries under the alternate title Siddharta and the City.

A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. He lives in a crowded apartment with his widowed mother, a revolutionary brother and a younger, well-employed sister. Family frictions and his continuing unsuccessful quest for a job place an unbearable strain on him causing him to hallucinate. The pressure, magnified by the tense and impersonal setting of Calcutta, builds to a devastating conclusion. Hindu Neorealism?

A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 October, 2008.

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