The Expedition

7.6(16)19622h 26m

Drama

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.

Director

Satyajit Ray

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Cast

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

Naskar

Reviews

1 review

Rex Dy

11y ago

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...