Distant Thunder

(1973)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 36 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1973

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: India

Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee, Paritosh Banerjee, Sachin Chakraborty, Govinda Chakravarti, Shrikumar Dutta, Subal Dutta, Tapan Dutta

Plot

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.