The Coward/The Holy Man

THE COWARD: A successful screenwriter (Soumitra Chatterjee) is traveling the country researching his next script when his car breaks down in a small town. The owner (Haradhan Bannerjee) of a nearby tea estate offers him a place to stay for the night, and the writer is surprised to discover that his former lover (Madhabi Mukherjee) is now married to the man. Ray makes the most out of this small cast and short time (the film takes place over the course of one day) to create an indelible portrait of missed opportunities. In Bengali with English subtitles.

THE HOLY MAN: When a widowed lawyer and his daughter become disciples of a man who claims to have known Buddha, Jesus and Einstein, it falls to the girl’s beau and his friends to shine the light of reason on the holy man’s tall tales. In Bengali with English subtitles