Satyajit Ray – Shakha Proshakha aka The Branches of the Tree (1990)
Synopsis
This bittersweet story is one of the last two films directed by acclaimed Bengali Satyajit Ray (1921-1992). In the story, Ananda Majumdar (Maradan Bannerjee) is the very moral and upright 70 year old patriarch of a family, with four grown sons. His father and one of his sons live at home with him, and his other three sons live elsewhere. When he collapses during a banquet being given in his honor, the sons and their families gather at his bedside at home. There, while their father lies for the most part comatose, the boys reveal to each other exactly what they’ve been up to without the sugar coating they’ve been giving their father. The oldest boy has been embezzling from the company he runs, another one is losing money for fun at the racetrack, and yet another has given up a decent job in order to become an actor.
Shakha.Proshakha.AKA.Branches.of.the.Tree.1990.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv
General
Container: Matroska
Runtime: 2h 0mn
Size: 2.41 GiB
DXVA: Compatible
Minimum settings: Met
Video
Codec: x264
Resolution: 696x480 ~> 696x522
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Bit rate: 2 407 kb/s
Audio
Bengali 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s
Language(s):Bengali
Subtitles:English
