Pather Panchali

1955
India
115 min
PG

Directed by: Satyajit Ray
Cast: Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, Chunibala Devi, Tulsi Chakrabarti
Language: Bengali

Ray's debut feature was the first Indian film to cause a stir in the West and set him on the path to an acclaimed career. It's the simple story of a young boy growing up in a rural Bengali village, before leaving to seek fame in the big city, but it's told with the kind of sensitivity and warmth that Hollywood turns into sentimentality.