8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Pather Panchali (1955)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.6
Overview
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Hinduism: Positive
Overview
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Pather Panchali is a humanist drama that portrays the universal struggles of an impoverished rural family, focusing on their resilience and the bittersweet nature of life and loss, without advocating for a specific political ideology or solution.
Pather Panchali naturally features an all-Indian cast, reflecting its setting and story without explicit DEI-driven casting. The narrative focuses on the human experience within a traditional family structure in rural India, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays Hinduism as an integral and affirming aspect of the characters' lives, deeply woven into their daily routines, rituals, and worldview. It depicts their faith with respect and nuance, showing how it provides comfort, structure, and a sense of identity amidst their struggles, without critique or satire.
Pather Panchali is a poignant drama depicting the childhood of Apu and his family's life in a rural Indian village. The narrative is entirely centered on their traditional experiences and does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Pather Panchali does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on the experiences of a cisgender family in rural India, focusing on poverty, childhood, and the passage of time.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Pather Panchali is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel. All major characters, including Apu, Durga, Sarbojaya, Harihar, and Indir Thakrun, retain their canonical genders from the source material in the film adaptation.
The film is an adaptation of a Bengali novel, depicting a Bengali family in rural India. All characters are portrayed by actors of the same race (Indian/Bengali) as established in the source material, thus containing no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
7.8
Critic Ratings
9.8
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