Charulata (1964)
- Original title
- চারুলতা
- Directed by
- Satyajit Ray
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 153 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A lonely housewife in 19th century Bengal finds solace in her growing intellectual and emotional bond with her husband's cousin. As her marriage feels increasingly distant, she navigates complex feelings of affection and duty.
melancholicintimateslow-burnobservationalpoignantvisually elegantemotionally restrainedbittersweet
What happens
Charulata (Bengali: চারুলতা, [t͡ʃaɾulɔt̪a] ; also known as The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 Indian drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novella Nastanirh, it stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, and Shailen Mukherjee. The film is widely regarded as one of Ray's finest works. Both the opening and closing scenes of the film have received critical acclaim. The first scene, with minimal dialogue, depicts Charu's loneliness as she observes the outside world through binoculars. In the final scene, as Charu and her husband are about to hold hands, the screen freezes—a technique praised as a masterful use of the freeze frame in cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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