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Cloud Capped Star, The

certificate PG Certificate
1960
Black & White
India
Language(s): Bengali
Subtitles: English
Published/distributed by BFI
ISBN/EAN: 5035673005460
Ratio 1.33:1
Price: £19.99
(Including VAT at 20%)
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Cloud Capped Star, The 
Ghatak, Ritwik
Arguably Ghatak's finest work, The Cloud-Capped Star is a dark melodrama set in late Fifties Calcutta about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep them afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as institution and also of the harsh social and economic conditions arising from Partition - the trauma that defined Ghatak as an artist. With its sparse script, audacious expressionist soundtrack and a startling cinematic elegance, The Cloud-Capped Star is undoubtedly a modern masterpiece - infinitely compassionate and humane while remaining resolutely unsentimental.

'... a searing piece of work, resonant and beautifully structured...' Time Out

Extras
* Filmed introduction by Derek Malcolm
* Director biography.
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