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Devi

1960 · 1h 33m · Not Rated Drama
Directed by Satyajit Ray

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A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.

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Comparatively baroque and melodramatic in terms of its images and story, it manages to mount a lucid, finally very moving argument against the destructive nature of fanaticism and superstition.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

One of Satyajit Ray's greatest early films (1962), full of sensuality and ironic undertones.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

It's a film that bears all the hallmarks of Ray's best work: gracefulness, exquisite pacing and composition, love for his characters and a deep regard for the power of silence to tell a story.

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

A haunting experience, and should have been, coming from afar from a man born to make movies.

New York Times

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