My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
A poor Indian family in a rural village struggles to survive. Their house is in disrepair and they never have enough food to eat. The heart of the story is the relationship between the mother and her daughter. As a young girl, Durga, the daughter, steals fruit from a nearby orchard, shaming the mother in front of neighbors. Later, the daughter is accused of petty theft and the mother almost kicks her out. Years pass, Durga is now a teenager but her relationship with her mother is still strained. One day she and her younger brother, Apu, venture out to see a passing train, in one of the film's more lyrical moments. Meanwhile, their father leaves for the city to try to earn money. He is away for months, during the which the family faces its gravest hardships and tragedy.
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