The Branches of the Tree

Overview

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.

Directed by Satyajit Ray

Top cast

A

Ajit Banerjee

Ananda Majumdar

Soumitra Chatterjee

Prashanto Majumdar

Haradhan Bandyopadhyay

Probodh Majumdar

Dipankar Dey

Probir Majumdar

Ranjit Mallick

Protap Majumdar

Lily Chakravarty

Uma Majumdar

Mamata Shankar

Tapati Majumdar

Soham Chakraborty

Dipayan "Dingu" Majumdar

Promode Ganguly

B

Bhishma Guhathakurta

S

Sunil Gupta Kabiraj

S

Soven Lahiri

T

Tarun Mitra

Ashok Mukherjee

Kamu Mukherjee

Pradip Mukherjee

Bijon Sarkar

S

Samaresh Mukhopadhyay

R

Rajaram Yagnik

Dr. Sahai

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