The World of Apu
Taste attributes: dramaslowheavygrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeSlow-burning and heavy: a drama that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like patience over pace.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
8.3 /10
TMDB · 147 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
Nothing pulls hard against this profile.
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Synopsis
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding...
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Satyajit Ray Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
