Charulata (Ray, 1964): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.40pm
This film, part of the Big Screen Classics season, is also screened on August 6th and 11th.
Chicago Reader:
Also known as The Lonely Wife, this relatively early (1965) film by Satyajit Ray (The World of Apu),
based on a Tagore novel of Victorian India, may be the first of his
features in which he really discovers mise-en-scene, and it's an
exhilarating encounter. It's typically rich in the nuances of grief and
in extraordinarily allusive dialogue, though not very much happens in
terms of plot (a sensitive woman is neglected by her newspaper-publisher
husband and drawn to his younger cousin). But at every moment, the
gorgeous cinematography and expressive camera movements and dissolves
have plenty of stories of their own to tell. You shouldn't miss this.
Dave Keh
Here (and above) is an extract.
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