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Agantuk: The Stranger (India)
Anila receives a letter from a man who claims to be her uncle. This uncle had disappeared 35 years ago. He is a stranger to the family and had been given up for dead. He has written to her about his desire to spend a few days with her. He arrives and stays over. The uncle claims to be an anthropologist. He has traveled through out the world. He claims to have visited Europe, then the U.S.A. where he lived with the native Americans and wrote a book, "An Indian Among Indians". Later he went to South America where he spent time with Indigenous people. He now claims to be on his way to Australia to stay with the Aborigines. Anila's husband is suspicious of the stranger. Driven by his suspicions, the family suspects that he might be an impostor who has come to claim the inheritance. So various kinds of tests are devised to find out the truth.
The husband invites a lawyer friend to probe him. The uncle shows legal acumen when questioned by the lawyer. Anila's little son accepts the uncle from the beginning. Anila also gradually comes to accept him, but her husband can not understand this mysterious visitor. The uncle departs as unexpectedly as he arrived, leaving some insightful observations.
India 1991
Bengali with English subtitles. 120 minutes. Festival Rating
Director: Satyajit Ray
Producer: National Film Development Corporation of India
Cast: Utpal Dutt, Mamta Shankar, Deepankar De, Rabi Ghosh
Important
Bits
When
5 November 2011
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Venue
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
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Price
$10
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