The Lonely Wife (Charulata)

India | Bengali | Black and White | 119 min
Subtitles: English

The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.

Director

Satyajit Ray

Bio: Satyajit Ray, (1921-1992, Calcutta), Bengali motion-picture director, writer, and illustrator who brought the Indian cinema to world recognition with Pather Panchali (1955; The Song of the Road) and its two sequels, known as the Apu Trilogy. As a director, Ray was noted for his humanism, his versatility, and his detailed control over his films and their music.  

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