The film follows a relative poor family through their up's and downs somewhere in India early in the 20th century. The family consists of a father who's a writer who has been in debt for years, without much success in paying it down. A mother filled with responsibility for the house and her rather careless daughter that the neighbors keeps making complaints about. Then we have Apu, the younger brother and the protagonist. What I personally found the most appealing in the film was the natural setting and feel to it. It's by far a more simplistic world, yet very authentic. In some way it also gave me a glimpse of nostalgia, just not my own.
Review of Pather Panchali
