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The Stranger

The Stranger

1991, Movie, 1h 54min

Satyajit Ray's valedictory film is a multifaceted character study that contains both humor and melancholy rumination. Based on the filmmaker's own story,The Stranger involves a bourgeois couple who are taken off guard when a man claiming to be the wife's long-lost uncle sends word that he will be coming to stay with them after years of travel. Though they fear he's an impostor, they tentatively let the man into their home, commencing an eye-opening emotional journey for the family. A humanist exploration of class, faith, and tradition versus progress, The Stranger is a bittersweet good-bye from one of the world's most important filmmakers.

Country: India,France

Director:

Cast:

Dhritiman Chatterjee

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6.0

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Critic Alison Macor

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6

Subtle humor and warmth flow through 'Agantuk/The Stranger', making the film a sweet finale to this director's incredible 40-year career.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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You can stream The Stranger on: The Criterion Channel

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Stranger include Rain Man, Forrest Gump, This Boy's Life, Dead Poets Society, The Shawshank Redemption, The Color of Money.

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The Stranger was released in theaters on May 22, 1992.