Song of the Road

year: 1955
director: Satyajit Ray
cast: Kanu Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi

Sometime in the early years of the century, a boy, Apu, is born to a poor Brahmin family in a village in Bengal. The father, a poet and priest, cannot earn enough to keep his family going. Apu's sister, Durga, is forever stealing guavas from the neighbour's orchards. All these add to the daily struggles of the mother's life, notwithstanding her constant bickering with old aunt who lives with the family.