Days and Nights in the Forest 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray presents one of the greatest achievements from legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Blending the charm of a buddy comedy with sharp social observation and emotional complexity, this acclaimed drama examines class, privilege and human relationships against the backdrop of rural India.
One of director Satyajit Ray's greatest achievements begins with the deceptively easy grace of a buddy comedy—only to give way to darker moral shading. Seeking a weekend escape from the city, four friends from Kolkata embark on a driving trip to the countryside, where their urban entitlement and prejudices are gradually exposed.
Among these young bachelors is the overconfident Ashim, who finds his self-assurance shaken by Aparna, an enigmatic young woman whose cool intellect conceals turbulent emotional depths. Filmed luminously amid the sound-dappled splendor of the woodlands of India's Palamu region, Days and Nights in the Forest deconstructs the masculine ego and India's fraught class divisions with elegant complexity.
Directed by: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Rabi Ghosh, Samit Bhanja, Subhendu Chatterjee
1970 / 116 min / Bengali / 2 Discs
Film Info
• India
• 1970
• 116 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.37:1
• Bengali
• Spine #1328
Days and Nights in the Forest [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] - Pre-Order 9/29
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration—undertaken by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project at L'Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation, Janus Films, and the Criterion Collection—with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Introduction by filmmaker Wes Anderson
• Making-of program featuring new and archival interviews with director Satyajit Ray, actors Sharmila Tagore and Rabi Ghosh, and cinematographer Soumendu Roy
• Conversation about Ray and the film's restoration featuring Anderson, Tagore, and Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Devika Girish
