The Branches of the Tree (1990)
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.
Director:
Satyajit Ray
Writer:
Satyajit Ray
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Ajit Banerjee as Ananda Majumdar |
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Soumitra Chatterjee as Prashanto Majumdar |
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Haradhan Bandyopadhyay as Probodh Majumdar |
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Dipankar Dey as Probir Majumdar |
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Ranjit Mallick as Protap Majumdar |
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Lily Chakravarty as Uma Majumdar |
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Mamata Shankar as Tapati Majumdar |
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Soham Chakraborty as Dipayan "Dingu" Majumdar |
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Promode Ganguly as |
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Bhishma Guhathakurta as |
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Sunil Gupta Kabiraj as |
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Soven Lahiri as |
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Tarun Mitra as |
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Ashok Mukherjee as |
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Kamu Mukherjee as |
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Pradip Mukherjee as Bijon Sarkar |
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Samaresh Mukhopadhyay as |
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Rajaram Yagnik as Dr. Sahai |
| Editing | Dulal Dutta | Editor |
| Directing | Satyajit Ray | Director |
| Production | Daniel Toscan du Plantier | Producer |
| Sound | Satyajit Ray | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ashoke Bose | Production Design |
| Production | Gérard Depardieu | Producer |
| Writing | Satyajit Ray | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ananta Das | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Satyajit Ray | Story |
| Camera | Barun Raha | Director of Photography |
| Production | Anil Choudhury | Production Manager |