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Distant Thunder (1973)

Distant Thunder (1973)

Drama
Release Date: 1973, August 16
Directors: Satyajit Ray
Countries: India
Production: Balaka Movies
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Noni Ganguly, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Suchita Ray Chaudhury, Debatosh Ghosh, Chitra Banerjee, Govinda Chakravarti, Santosh Kumar Mitra, Ramesh Mukherjee, Sheli Pal

Overview:

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.