The Stranger

/10

1h 54mDrama

Satyajit Ray’s valedictory film is a multifaceted character study that contains both humor and melancholy rumination. Based on the filmmaker’s own story, The Stranger involves a bourgeois couple who are taken off guard when a man claiming to be the wife’s long-lost uncle sends word that he will be coming to stay with them after years of travel. Though they fear he’s an impostor, they tentatively let the man into their home, commencing an eye-opening emotional journey for the family. A humanist exploration of class, faith, and tradition versus progress, The Stranger is a bittersweet good-bye from one of the world’s most important filmmakers.

Spoken language: bn

Starring Utpal Dutt, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Subrata Chatterjee, Promode Ganguly, Ajit Banerjee, Rabi Ghosh, Sourav Banerjee

Watch "The Stranger" from streaming services HBO Max, Criterion Channel released in 1991. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.