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.
挺好的，就是演员一般，小女主还是差点，徐帆演啥都是一个样，但这个角色很适合她，演谁都像自己……剧情其实挺俗，但是也能撑起来，也是哭的不行了都……
很工整很规范，该冲突的时候冲突，该煽情的时候煽情，但确实哭不出来。
用最平常的故事讲述最真挚的感情，各位演员都演的很不错，在面对死亡时，乐观的母亲变得开始害怕；无趣的父亲开始无助；任性的女儿开始学会照顾，这就是“死亡”的可怕。
妈妈没有妈妈了 我还有妈妈
一味的歌颂或强调女性的伟大与付出，而部展现女性的觉醒与独立，是有盼望历史重演的嫌疑的。
母亲这个角色太过强大，强大到甚至超出她自己本来预期能做到的程度，以至于在很多时候，我们忘了，她也有她的梦想，她也曾追求过她的人生。只要有母亲在，无论多大岁数的人，多少还可以有点孩子气。我们总说，以后呀，很多事情以后就可以了。但是，“宝贝呀，妈妈等不了了。”
三星半。但是不得不说，这部电影真的好催泪，尤其是徐帆的演技，太像那么回事儿了，明明是老生常谈，但她的演技四两拨千斤的炸人的泪，我只是无意看了看，结果哭傻了，赶上今天北京第一场雪，谢谢世界还有这样的好演员。ps：这世间就有这样的妈妈，不要拿女性价值观评价一个女人在时代背景下的选择，你可以说时代，但不要说母爱，你没有见过，不证明这样的女性不存在。也不证明这样女性的存在，就是白活了。播种过爱的人，从不是错的和傻的、更不可能是无知驱使的。
这电影就是刺激年轻人不婚不育的。说着不好听，但很多中国人一辈子活得连个人都不是，活脱脱一机器，还低配的。已经这么可悲的电影了，开头那句一辈子也就活在100平的房子里不知道会让多少已婚人士落泪…
妈妈没有妈妈了 我还有妈妈
其实我妈也是这样 开心起来的时候会有点撒娇的 看哭了的点全部都是被按头的情节 很生气这个电影居然拍的这么糟糕
全片从头到尾基本都在煽情，没有激烈的高潮和反转，属于细水长流型的催泪。故事有些场景过于真实，比如孩子在家无时无刻的玩手机，从荧幕上看简直令人窒息，值得反思，但有些又挺唐突的，比如女儿随意地考进了南极科考队。所以，好坏参半吧。
催泪炸弹，用非常多的真实的细节填满了全部影片，情感密度很高很浓，几乎没人能抵住2h的催泪，一定都能找到自己感动的点。但硬币总有正反，为了维持这样高浓度的情感冲击，人物基本是脸谱化和刻板印象的，我几乎是只在火锅那里见到了出离意料之外的人物性格。所有提到的点都闭环了，但闭环过多，后期很容易疲乏，换人话就是哭累了。。。。
对所有妈妈说，你也要为自己而活
“妈妈”是世界上最美的词语，徐帆最后真美～张有时候给人一种跟其他人没有在一部电影里的感觉，各演各的，很多衔接缺少太多铺垫
其实徐帆是有水平处理悲剧题材的，但无奈个人特质太明显了，能力又没有驾驭住自己的特质。电影看了半个小时，我还在想徐帆明年金鸡估计又要陪跑，看了一个小时，心想这要是能提名才是大问题。一个中学教师，一个被生活磨练了几十年的女人，是否还会在生活中像幼儿园老师一样说话？拿腔拿调的以为马上大戏要开场了，说真的真的不合适，自己不尴尬观众可是尴尬的脚趾扣地。艺术源于生活，演员的表演也要贴近实际，想当然的演法不仅不让人共鸣反而苦笑。
刚上线就看了，有点失望。拍得有点假，强行煽情的感觉。我能共情妈妈对女儿的过度约束让女儿感觉透不过气来，因为我妈也是这样；但是电影未免也把妈妈拍得太神经质了，实在是有点失真。电影想要表达的到底是什么？意思是难道不得癌症，女儿就一辈子不能理解妈妈，老公一辈子不会关心她？
徐帆身上有一种自然而然的带着娇嗔感的嗲味，赋予了中年女性角色难能可贵的鲜活气息。
万万没想到，这部当年在中关村天桥拍摄时我差点蹭上出镜的作品竟给我了今年迄今为止最差劲的影院体验；徐帆的这个表演属于是那种极差却还自我感觉良好的，真令人无语
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女儿+绝症+扶弟+阿尔兹海默症，所有能催泪的题材都集齐了，被拖累的季佩珍的一生。
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