Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)

Original title

অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি

Directed by

Satyajit Ray

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four friends from the city take a trip to a forest village in Bengal. They interact with locals and each other in a way that reveals their different personalities and desires.

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What happens

Days and Nights in the Forest (Bengali: Araṇyēra Dinarātri) is a 1970 Indian Bengali language dramatic film by Satyajit Ray based on the novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It employs the literary technique of the carnivalesque. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. A sequel Abar Aranye directed by Goutam Ghose was released in 2003. The film was shown at the New York Film Festival in 1970 and received a standing ovation. The film was restored in 4K in 2025 by The Film Foundation with support by filmmaker Wes Anderson. The restoration was featured in the Classics section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as well as in the revivals section of the 2025 New York Film Festival. Janus Films distributed the restored film in North America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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