Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
以前看过的影片了，故事设计的还不错，真的就像片名一样……
#Venezia 78# Tell让我想起一个人，那件浅色卫衣很适合他
不用带脑子看，感情转变很突然，演员好看就可以。
小鸡电影来说值得四⭐了，女主男主颜值演技都在线，不浮夸也够撩，适合假期被窝观看哈哈~
一气呵成的完美。突然就理解了isaac的自我流放，是因为他过去的被荣誉感与目标感所驱使和训练而成为了无我的工具，因此他的重新寻回与坚守，反而表现在日常的循环和淡然。
12.4 隐喻多样，节奏平缓。有点现代人自我救赎的意思。单调以及被训练好的生活和思考方式，不愿暴露的或野蛮或天真的过往，或黑色或金色的记忆。噩梦的反噬，无法释然的自我，可以救赎和解脱的那个借口（需要牺牲，但不愿牺牲）不回来到，等或是不等？弃子之时。
睡了醒，醒了睡，说不清是我太累了还是这片真的蛮无聊的，鱼眼镜头的监狱片段视觉上很有意思，每次赢牌就要喊USA的那群人好讽刺。
太失望了 有史以来第一次踩雷 要演技没演技要颜值没颜值 书理重点讲的都一笔带过了 抓不住重点 要不还说拍个剧吧
男女主的化学反应真是没得说。好久没看过这种俗得我很喜欢的电影了。
大明星×普普通通的数学老师单亲爸爸。主线剧情没什么特别。舞台表演好看，歌也不错
好久没看到这么符合Mr.dreamy的选角了🥰
为了在不牺牲职业道德的前提下取得职业上的成功，露西开始了一场残酷的比赛，对抗冷酷而高效的对手约书亚，这场竞争由于她对他越来越有吸引力而变得复架。
俗套剧情集大成者，但蛮过瘾的，男帅女美，欣赏就完事了
好一出浓郁节日氛围的小调，TiTa TiTa…
还不错台词挺有意思的，男主身材不错。但是我看他笑就会有点出戏（(￣^￣)ゞ） 看了一下原版小说，发现电影改编了好多啊，情节删减了不少
hot priest damn hot isaaaac
睡了醒，醒了睡，说不清是我太累了还是这片真的蛮无聊的，鱼眼镜头的监狱片段视觉上很有意思，每次赢牌就要喊USA的那群人好讽刺。
挺美好的一段，桥段有一点点老，像十年前的水平。
？？？！！！这个片什么时候上的？？？原著作者官网没更新吧。啊？
没声音看的 哈佛mba毕业和这女主当同事 我会觉得他是个废物 肯定不会和他谈😅
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