The Branches of the Tree

(1990)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 12 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1990

Runtime: 130 мин

Country: United Kingdom, India

Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Ajit Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Dipankar Dey, Ranjit Mallick, Lily Chakravarty, Mamata Shankar, Soham Chakraborty, Promode Ganguly, Bhishma Guhathakurta

Plot

When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.