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The Lonely Wife

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal View All

Crew

Satyajit Ray (Screenplay), Satyajit Ray (Director), Rabindranath Tagore (Story) View All

Release: Apr. 17th, 1964

Runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes

In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art. But over time a sexual attraction develops, with heartbreaking results. Preserved by...

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