Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
Satyajit Ray based this exquisite chamber drama, his favorite of his own films, on Nastanirh (The Broken Nest) by Rabindranath Tagore, whose writings were a frequent source of inspiration for the director. Charulata (Madhavi Mukherjee) is married to loving but distant Bhupati (Shailen Mukherjee), who spends his time and family money on his own newspaper, but when his charming cousin Amal (Soumitra Chatterjee) moves in with them, Charulata finds herself inspired but increasingly dissatisfied with her life.
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, the Film Foundation, and the Packard Humanities Institute. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
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Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
Directed by Satyajit Ray
(India, 1964, 119 minutes, in Bengali with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, Digital