| Price: |
£14.93 |
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| RRP: |
£19.79You Save: £4.86 |
| Screen: |
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 |
| Release Date: |
07 October 2002 |
Arguably Ghatak's finest work, The Cloud-Capped Star is a dark melodrama set in the late fifties Calcutta about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep them a float and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as institution and also of the harsh social and economic condition arising from Partition - the trauma that defined Ghatak as an artist. With it's 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.
Special Features
- Includes an introduction by film critic Derek Malcolm, and an on-screen Director
