Calcutta 71 (1972)
The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
- Released
- 1972-10-12
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mrinal Sen, Mrinal Sen
- TMDB rating
- 8.6/10 from 11 votes