The Adversary (1971)

Movie
Audience Score
72
The Adversary
Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Calcutta Trilogy

Three of Ray's films made between 1970 and 1971 forms kolkata trilogy, the main characters being seen this time in relation to their work. It is a political trilogy, about how we are being shaped, and perhaps misshapen, by our working conditions

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1971
Original Language:Bengali
Production Companies:Priya Films
Movie Tags:unemployment