Parash Pathar (1958)
- Original title
- পরশ পাথর
- Directed by
- Satyajit Ray
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A middle-class clerk accidentally finds a stone that turns things into gold. The film is about the chaos that follows his discovery.
whimsicallightheartedquirkycomedicsatiricalfantasticaloddplayful
What happens
Parash Pathar (Bengali: পরশ পাথর Porosh Pathor; English: The Philosopher's Stone; French: La Pierre Philosophale) is a 1958 Indian Bengali language fantasy comedy film. It was Satyajit Ray's first film outside of The Apu Trilogy. It was also his first comedy and first magical realist film. Adapted from a short story of the same name by Parasuram (Rajsekhar Basu), the film offered an early glimpse of Ray's sense of humour, centered on a middle-class clerk who accidentally discovers a stone that can turn other objects into gold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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