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Agantuk (The Stranger)

Agantuk (The Stranger)

Indian cinema legend Satyajit Ray’s final film (before his death in 1992) receives an all too rare screening. A comic dissection of familial trust, honesty and fragile belief systems, Agantuk is a major work from a Bengali great (based on one of Ray’s own short stories). This matinee screening will be preceded by a filmed introduction by cinema specific writer and broadcaster Mark Cousins.

GFT, Glasgow on Sun 13 Sep.

The Stranger (Agantuk)

The Stranger (Agantuk)
  • 4 stars
  • 1991
  • India
  • 120 min
  • U
  • Directed by: Satyajit Ray
  • Written by: Satyajit Ray
  • Cast: Utpal Dutt, Bikramjit, Mamata Shankar, Deepankar De, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Promod Ganguli, Rabi Ghosh

The final film from master filmmaker Ray is a parable of greed and mistrust, set in Calcutta, and following the fates of a family who receive a letter from an uncle who left home some 30 years previously. But is the man who arrives the real thing or an…