June 8, 2009
not to take anything away from it but i liked the first part better. definitely being drawn into the life of this family
Kali Bannerjee,
Karuna Bannerjee,
Pinaki San Gupta,
Kanu Banerji,
Smaran Ghosal
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The Unvanquished is the second of Indian director Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" (the first was Pather Panchali). Ray's young protagonist Apu is permitted a formal education over the gentle objections o... read more
DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
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July 13, 2011love the storytelling. a terrific coming-of-age film that's simple yet amazingly compelling. as in Pather Panchali, the actors have a wonderful natural ability and a very strong dynamic with one another that totally sells their performances. also once again, I loved the cinema... read more
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April 14, 2009Much more technically accomplished than Pather Panchali. The scenes at the city were worthy of Antonioni. I love those subtle moments where the characters are still haunted by the events in Pather Panchali. The script has a bad habit of killing off main characters especially f... read more
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February 24, 2009This is sort of a "slice-of-life" film about a Bengali Brahmin family. The formerly well-to-do family has been displaced from their ancestral home due to the ne'er do well father's naievete. The oldest girl, Durga, is sensitive to the injustice of her family's plight, and steal... read more
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January 19, 2008Probably the weakest of the trilogy, but a weak classic is still a classic. Ray's storytelling style seems to reflect Apu as he grows up. In "Pather Panchali", the narrative was very slice-of-life, moving at its own pace, much like Apu as a child. In "World of Apu", the plot w... read more
Critic Reviews
October 24, 2007
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
October 24, 2007
Variety Staff, Variety
It doesn't have quite the tension or quite the variety of mood but it has a special brooding quality and a more explicit conflict between East and West. Full Review
October 24, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It's a masterpiece for which terms like 'simplicity' and 'profundity' seem inadequate. Full Review
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
It is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, that it develops a sort of hypnotism for the seren... Full Review
March 21, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
There's pleasure in witnessing Apu's thrill of knowledge, but sadness when his ambitions create an inevitable break with his mother. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
The word 'masterpiece' is certainly overused, but this is one instance when it is deserved. Full Review
August 5, 2011
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The second panel in Ray's masterpiece, Thr Apu Trilogy, is less dramatic than the first or last, but it's just as insightful and emotionally touching. Full Review
August 28, 2006
TV Guide's Movie Guide
A thoughtful, colorful, and poetic story of life in India. Full Review
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