Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
错置时空到2003年，以过去的疫情映照现在的疫情，家庭内部的情感内涵总是相似。只不过就电影展现的故事而言，我们看到了隔阂与争吵，但也仅限于隔阂与争吵，而没有进一步的发展，看似和解的结尾也可能只是反复争吵的中间状态。
女儿怀念向往曾经的生活，以为等在原地的是代表自由美好的小马 其实妈妈才是一直温顺等待家庭 疾病套上辔头的白马吧…说不上具体好在哪，足够真所以足够动人 “我的白马儿你慢些跑啊，这一次没有我带你回家。”
7分，爸爸和妈妈是来自不同星球的人这点抓得很好，林嘉欣和小演员们的表演很喜欢
最近两个讲华裔移民问题的电影，一个设定在2002年，这部设定在2003年的非典。有趣。
很好的美国教育vs台湾教育对比：下课铃响不一定下课，时间观念淡薄；成绩找家长签字，隐私什么的就不说了；体罚，等于告诉学生可以靠暴力解决问题；跟成绩好的学生交朋友，价值观单一，长大以后是二极管；女生必须短发，审美教育缺失，年轻的刷短视频审丑，上岁数的用老年人表情包……这电影里的亲密关系充满语言暴力和肢体暴力，也算是台湾教育的伟大成果。嗯，我说的是台湾教育不好，我可没说中国教育不好
3.5。但是，有一点想说的是，这个年纪孩子的叛逆，很多时候，没这么“冠冕堂皇”的理由。（虽然并不能否认电影这样表达是没问题的）
这种不好好说话的状态我在我妈身上见过太多次，很难说是因为电影里写实台词带来的的情绪共鸣还是它就是没那么好带来的抗拒，我三只手都选瀑布。
现在你该知道了吧，这个世界就像怎么也戴不上的马嚼子大部分时候并不以你的意志为转移，无论你需要或者不需要什么。
平淡真实，内涵丰富，耐人寻味。
剧本很扎实，并非矛盾转和谐的两段式结构，而是有着层层起伏，像海上的浪一样，而吹动这些风浪的是内外压力的挤压，美国梦的破碎、教育的转向、死亡的威胁、瘟疫的袭扰，每个人都自身难保，糟糕的情绪互相传递，气氛相当压抑。
舒适
前期把所有问题都暴露在观众面前 自私控制欲贫穷身份认同 最后仅用亲情化解所有有点偷懒 二女儿更讨喜
爆感同身受😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭为他人（家人）着想总是需要敏感 敏感就容易受伤；但自私也容易受伤。家人与地域的认同过程里 也是爱和恨的并行
关于疫情的作品，台湾连续两个，还是不同时期，不同程度的，有一种呼应，更是一种对比。片中呈现出鲜明的大陆台湾文化同宗性，然而这一种相似性令人喉咙堵塞，心惊胆颤。中式教育的权威性、压抑性弊端明显，它让小孩害怕、畏惧、胆怯，不能表达自己内心，不快乐，大人说什么是什么，父母说什么是什么，老师说什么是什么，便于塑造与管理的同时，也失去了创造与豁达。这一家人，就是这种文化的缩影。听这家人说话的方式太难受了，通篇压抑，也来源于自己儿时的感受记忆，不想接触，一分一秒，都排斥。主人公的境遇，最初想起的是《小花的味增汤》，但观感，实在是两个极端。
虽然是有一些闽南语境下熟悉的情节，但还是不太喜欢。社会环境，时事影响，文化冲突，全部都是安全的、充满田调痕迹的“浅尝即止”，但又总是东一榔头西一棒槌打来打去，看似处处都是冲突，却并没有冲突，看似处处都是重点，却没有重点。比起杨德昌可圆润太多了，蛮难想象是新导演的处女作，方郁婷的好演技在陈旧的叙事中也稍显可惜。3.5归3。
喜欢，林嘉欣真的是演得太有分寸了！不多不少！很喜欢看似全靠自然光的摄影！本以为会用姐姐的演讲稿做ending或是和解的桥段，但现在的留白有种很克制的感觉，也不错。长片处女作来说真的很好！（姐姐的心路历程其实可以再多给一点点我觉得）
能明显感到导演想拍什么内容，但欠火候的感觉也很深。摄影调度真的很有问题，各种不舒服，没什么地方好需要抖的不知道摄影在摇个什么劲儿。吵架那场戏看哭了，但也仅此而已。文化冲突拍的比较表面，再接再厉吧。
从非典到新冠，这19年间好像什么都没变又好像什么都变了🚬
sars时期的故事放在疫情时代上映很讨巧，但整体上缺点不少。家庭部分的矛盾与和解，总体过于平淡，没有看到人物内心转变的细节，也缺乏高潮段落；时代背景的体现过于符号化，流于表面；本应很重要的一块身份认同，也如短线风筝般没有下文。总的还说就是时代坐标模糊，又缺乏足够强大的人物内心力量，太过温吞、无趣
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