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.
影片画面切的好硬，不仔细看还以为后来自杀的高中生是男主的过去。很喜欢男主跑步时的场景。明明不想结婚却结婚了，明明不想要孩子却有了孩子，明明想要停下来休息但现实却不允许...虽然人没办法预测到未来，但男主活的也太自由了，与此同时这时候妻子需要的却是安定。不同时期人需要的养料都不同啊。果然在自身没有能力担起责任的时候还是不要找女朋友比较好。
昨晚喝多了酒，早上起床头疼，看完这个电影真的太美好了，生活总是有很多意想不到，你可能会从悬崖跳进海里死掉，会从东京搬家到北海道开始新生活，会在路边偶遇喜欢狗的女孩子，会送你最好的朋友去医院，会自杀未遂，会怀孕，会每天遇到跑步的人然后和他一起跑，会收到医院陌生人给你递的一支烟，也会遇到最爱的赤狐。BTW，奈绪好美
挺没劲的 一个高尔夫园区就拍完了 本身软科幻的概念又没啥新意 看得昏昏欲睡
2021.10.15 英皇电影城-北京英皇集团中心店 很有趣的科幻悬疑片，从影片的设定感觉可以延展出无数条分支线。演员和场景非常简洁，在某种程度上可以算是一个“密室”了。影片的后端我差点以为会是个闭环的故事，不知道按照那个方向发展会不会有更加细思恐极的故事呢？另外，风景真是美，很多画面的构图也很棒！
演员差节奏差，如果我没看过彗星来的那一夜可能还能高一星
有恐怖游轮的影子，但感觉还可以再打磨打磨。给个四星鼓励一下
被公关带偏了，舅甥情只是一个组成部分，整篇是单亲小镇青年成长记。虽然电影的完成得益于短时流行的回忆录文本，剧情也无太多特别之处，还是感动于“Don’t come back”这样的美式自闯激励精神。许多细节很美国，在这样美式自由主义被全球化裂变开始曲解甚至有回流迹象的时刻，大概这样复古正统的文本会被创作者更多重拾。
滑板少年的支线很压抑。
202111121345虽然有坑，但是瑕不掩瑜。
先看up后看片，挺喜欢雷神编剧，如果故事的结尾是这样的或许会很有趣，在最后一次穿越的过程中想尽快杀死一个人取而代之，仓促中激发没有命中似乎只打中了衣服，结果被反击打中了腿，拖着伤腿逃跑，经过几次穿越恰好又回到了自己的空间，但此时的自己已经变得疯疯癫癫，遇见着急寻找自己的哥哥和丈夫就开枪，结构被丈夫亲手杀死，死在了自己的空间里。平行时空 + 时间穿越可能也是设定的微创新。
看的我脊背发凉
使用抗抑郁药物会带来情绪抑制和嗜睡的副作用，偶尔又会莫名的亢奋。东出的表演很细腻，特别是有几个破碎和无助的时刻，能够让我感同身受。
色调和配乐很高级欸！光影效果也很好，女主姐姐演技也不错，很有辨识度！即使看过很多类似的片子也会有想看下去的欲望！包袱抖的有点直白，剖白的太快，但是瑕不掩瑜。
6.2 怎么能窜了这帮演员把好故事编排的那么无聊？
冲着国产科幻片这个名头去电影院看的，看之前上网做了一下功课，发现是三个人（其实也有四个人啦）、十四天、一百万的时候，心里面其实感觉有点悬的，期望值已经被降低了，但最后整片看下来其实还是挺不错的。电影的质感、完成度还是很不错的片子有细节铺垫，但一开始的时候并不知道，到看完回想起来才会发现原来是铺垫。总体来说还是挺不错的，可以一看。
2021.11.10 挺不错的小成本科幻啊，虽然故事走向和彗星来的那一夜很像，但是也还是蛮精彩的。最后女主选择留在了孩子没有离开的世界，但开局明明女主躺在了急救车上，这怕不是一个幻想或者一个梦境吧...
两条故事线首次相交的镜头还挺有意思，剩下的滑板跑步镜头重复到让人怀疑摄影大哥是只会这一种technic吗
2021.11.10 挺不错的小成本科幻啊，虽然故事走向和彗星来的那一夜很像，但是也还是蛮精彩的。最后女主选择留在了孩子没有离开的世界，但开局明明女主躺在了急救车上，这怕不是一个幻想或者一个梦境吧...
剧本写得很好，但我有个问题，平行时空里如果两个人的人生经历不一样，其发展也将不一样，那为什么会在某一点有交集。认识的人都是那些人。比如这个时空男女主人公是夫妻，但另一时空可能是陌生人，因为一个本科生一个博士，其经历也将完全不一样
什么都好，但国产科幻题材真的不用刻意从影调上模仿……
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