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      The Branches of the Tree

      Released Nov 23, 1990 2h 0m Drama List
      Reviews 77% Audience Score 100+ Ratings An aged patriarch overhears distressing details about his sons' lives as they gather around his sickbed. Read More Read Less

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      Jimmy Cage Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube) Even if Satyajit Rays brilliance shines through again and again and the actors dont show any weakness, BRANCHES OF THE TREE is one of the weaker efforts of the grandmaster, mainly due to the sometimes overloaded dialogues and the lack of depth. Rated: 6/10 Mar 13, 2022 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The penultimate film of Satyajit Ray. Rated: B Mar 16, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Satyajit Ray's second-to-last film touches on themes common to his later work: issues of integrity and corruption, the disintegration of the family, finding one's path in life. Three brothers return home to cope with their father's recent heart attack, their senile grandfather, and the fourth brother (Soumitra Chatterjee, once again) who has been mentally unhinged by a head injury. It's an intelligent film, but one that is too talky, stiff and dry. The production value sometimes looks cheap, in that made-for-TV way that often plagues Ray's color films, although the picnic scene is lovely. What really shocked me was Chatterjee's performance. It's dreadful, but to be fair he did have lousy material to work with. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Perhaps the weakest Ray film... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An aged patriarch overhears distressing details about his sons' lives as they gather around his sickbed.
      Screenwriter
      Satyajit Ray
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Bangla
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 23, 1990, Original
      Runtime
      2h 0m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
      Aspect Ratio
      35mm