The Apu Trilogy (#782, Blu-Ray)

A breathtaking milestone that broughtIndia into the golden age of international art-house film, Satyajit RaysThe Apu Trilogyfollows one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal whomatures into an adolescent urban student and, finally, a sensitive man of the world. Rays delicate masterworksPather Panchali(Song of the Little Road),Aparajito(The Unvanquished), andApur Sansar(The World of Apu)based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, were shot over the course of five years, and each stands on its own as a tender, visually radiant journey. These filmswhichhave risen from the ashes in meticulously reconstructed restorations, after the original negatives were burned in a fireare among the most achingly beautiful, richly humane mo