The Branches of the Tree

Overview

When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 23, 1990

Original language

Bangla

Spoken languages

Bengali

Countries

United Kingdom, India, France

Production

Soprofilms,DD Productions,Erato Films,Satyajit Ray Productions

Cast

Pradip Mukherjee,Haradhan Bandyopadhyay,Bhishma Guhathakurta,Soumitra Chatterjee,Kamu Mukherjee,Rajaram Yagnik,Tarun Mitra,Ajit Banerjee,Dipankar Dey,Ranjit Mallickand 8 more

Director

Satyajit Ray

Writer

Satyajit Ray

Producer

Gérard Depardieu,Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Cinematography

Barun Raha

Music

Satyajit Ray

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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