The home and the world

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Movie
German title The home and the world
Original title ঘরে বাইরে
(Ghare Baire)
Country of production India
original language Bengali , English
Publishing year 1984
length 140 minutes
Rod
Director Satyajit Ray
script Satyajit Ray
production National Film Development Corporation
music Satyajit Ray
camera Soumendu Roy
cut Dulal Dutta
occupation

Home and the World ( Bengali : ঘরে বাইরে , Ghare Bāire ; translated: Home and Outside ) is an Indian feature film by Satyajit Ray from 1984. The film was based on the novel by Rabindranath Thakur .

action

In 1905 the British Governor General Lord Curzon ordered the division of Bengal into a Hindu and a Muslim part. Some parts of the population are therefore starting the nationalist "Swadeshi" campaign and calling for a boycott of goods produced abroad. There are symbolic, public burns of textiles, mostly of British origin.

Bimala is the wife of landowner Nikhil, who had a western upbringing and a liberal outlook. She lives in her rooms inside the house (note: this way of life of Arab-Persian origin is called Parda ) and has never felt the need to get to know the outside world. Nikhil is the only man she has ever had contact with.

Nikhil wants her to leave the Parda and meet other men besides him, as this is the only way he can know that she really loves him and prefers him to other men. In preparation, she receives English-language lessons from a tutor and learns the usual manners.

Bimala takes her first cautious steps outside. Nikhil introduces her to his friend Sandip, a leader of the Swadeshi movement, who from now on lives as a guest in the house. The eloquent Sandip impresses Bimala because he is completely different in his manner than the calm and sensible Nikhil. Sandip repeatedly borrows money from Nikhil in order to be able to maintain his upscale lifestyle in addition to his political activities.

After a short time Nikhil notices that Bimala is in love with Sandip. However, he does not intervene even when Bimala secretly takes money to support Sandip, knowing that he cannot influence his wife's feelings.

Bimala realized only late that the goods boycott of the Swadeshi movement mainly affects the traders, mostly Muslims living in poverty, and that Sandip's propaganda only contributes to the further division of the Bengali population.

background

The novel on which the film is based was based on Rabindranath Thakur's own experiences and insights as a Swadeshi leader. During that time he wrote many songs on the subject, one of which Soumitra Chatterjee sings in the film.

The central theme of the film is Bimala's slow change from a withdrawn Parda woman to a modern, self-confident person. Das Heim und die Welt resembles Ray's film Charulata (1964), but unlike Charulata , who worked a lot with symbolic imagery, this film focuses on dialogues.

Home and the World was released at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 and in Indian cinemas on January 4, 1985.

Reviews

"A novel adaptation of the classic style, which offers a multilayered reflection on the pros and cons of a liberal but non-violent opposition and a violent nationalist revolution as well as on the position of an emancipated Indian woman between these poles."

- Lexicon of international film

Award

Individual evidence

  1. ^ His Career ( Memento of December 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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