The World Of Apu is rich and contemplative, and a great, convincing affirmation. The story is set in India, where a would-be writer, stuck in a tedious clerical job, struggles to accept the son of his wife, who died in childbirth.
The film is the last part of a monumental trilogy, and a sense that events have moved full circle over the three separate stories. This final episode brings a sense of closure for the members of a troubled family who have known immense hardship and struggle. The World Of Apu is a profound and deeply moving exploration of the human condition, exuding a transcendent wisdom rarely seen in cinema outside of the works of Yasujiro Ozu or Robert Bresson.
The film is the last part of a monumental trilogy, and a sense that events have moved full circle over the three separate stories. This final episode brings a sense of closure for the members of a troubled family who have known immense hardship and struggle. The World Of Apu is a profound and deeply moving exploration of the human condition, exuding a transcendent wisdom rarely seen in cinema outside of the works of Yasujiro Ozu or Robert Bresson.