{"id":8151,"date":"2015-01-15T15:08:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:02:59","slug":"the-international-film-series-presents-the-big-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2015\/01\/15\/the-international-film-series-presents-the-big-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Film Series Presents &#8220;The Big City&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8152\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/The-Big-City-668_image_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8152 \" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/The-Big-City-668_image_01-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"bfi-00o-eom.jpg\" width=\"405\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/The-Big-City-668_image_01-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/The-Big-City-668_image_01-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/The-Big-City-668_image_01-407x300.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of RDB Entertainments, Ltd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Please join us for a free screening of \u201cThe Big City\u201d (Mah\u0101nagara) on Wednesday February 11<sup>th<\/sup> at 7 p.m. in the Moskovitz Theater in The DeNaples Center. Dr. Satyajit Ghosh will lead a discussion after the film.<\/p>\n<p>One of famed director Satyajit Ray\u2019s greatest films, \u201cThe Big City\u201d (Mah\u0101nagara) is set in Calcutta in the early 1960\u2019s. The film centers on the changes in society and how they affect a traditional Indian family. Subrata and his wife Arati are having trouble supporting children and his parents on his salary as a bank clerk. With her husband\u2019s reluctant support Arati takes a sales job in the city, but some family members have trouble adjusting to her new-found independence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Big City\u201d is in Bengali with English subtitles.<\/p>\n<p>This event is open to faculty, staff, students and the public. 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