This is the middle of the Apu trilogy and I found it not as strong as the first. We follow a boy from youth through adolescence as he develops his education and breaks away from home. This leaves his mother alone which causes both of them great distress.
The opening third set in Benares was beautifully photographed and shot. After the father's death the film seemed to lose focus and meandered toward its resolution. If seen on its own it was middling...as part of the trilogy it fit.
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