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Release Date:
May 8, 1965
Original Title:
দুই
Alternate Titles:
Parable of Two
Genres:
Drama | Family
Production Countries:
India
Ratings / Certifications:
IN: U US: PG
Runtime: 12
This short film shows an encounter, through a series of games, between a street child from the shantytowns and a child of a rich family, stationed at his window. The film has no dialogue and the action moves through the attempts at one-upmanship evident in their successive display of their toys. Their rivalry (a kite shot down by a toy rifle, for example) concludes with the opposition between the world of noise (the toys inside the house) and that of music (the street child's flute).
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Art Direction:
Bansi Chandragupta
Director:
Satyajit Ray
Director of Photography:
Soumendu Roy
Editor:
Dulal Dutta
Original Music Composer:
Satyajit Ray
Sound Designer:
Sujit Sarkar
Writer:
Satyajit Ray
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