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The Adversary
The Adversary
8.4
/10
195 Ratings

THE ADVERSARY

Pratidwandi

Directed by Satyajit Ray
India, 1970
Drama

Synopsis

A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. Family frictions and his continuing unsuccessful quest for a job place an unbearable strain on him causing him to hallucinate.

Synopsis

A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. Family frictions and his continuing unsuccessful quest for a job place an unbearable strain on him causing him to hallucinate.

Our take

Set during the politically turbulent period in Bengal, India—when Maoists were protesting the Indian government’s neglect of the poor—this incisive, formally inventive film is a sharp portrait of a country in transition from one of the world’s most renowned filmmakers: Satyajit Ray.