The Branches of the Tree (1990)
When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
- Released
- 1990-11-23
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Satyajit Ray, Satyajit Ray
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 13 votes
Cast
- Ajit Banerjee as Ananda Majumdar
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Prashanto Majumdar
- Haradhan Bandyopadhyay as Probodh Majumdar
- Dipankar Dey as Probir Majumdar
- Ranjit Mallick as Protap Majumdar
- Lily Chakravarty as Uma Majumdar
- Mamata Shankar as Tapati Majumdar
- Soham Chakraborty as Dipayan "Dingu" Majumdar
- Promode Ganguly
- Bhishma Guhathakurta
- Sunil Gupta Kabiraj
- Soven Lahiri