1991 · drama · bengali
The Stranger
Directed by Satyajit Ray1h 54m1991
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
Our read: The Stranger (1991) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · bengali entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama / bengali, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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