The Expedition
The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
- 7.6
- 1962
- Released
- 2h 26m
Soumitra Chatterjee
Narsingh
Waheeda Rehman
Gulabi
Rabi Ghosh
Rama
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Neeli
Charuprakash Ghosh
Sukhanram
Bireswar Sen
Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay
Josef
Shekhar Chattopadhyay
Rameshwar
Reba Devi
Josefs' Mother
Arun Roy
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Reviews
I saw this somewhat slow, B&W 1962 film at London's National Film Theatre a couple of years ago, during their excellent Satyajit Ray retrospective. It displays the qualities which most Ray fans like about his earlier films: the camera is thoughtful, and the time it takes to reflect on the characters is useful time for the viewer to do the same. The story is interesting as well, and much of the sce