this is my first ray film and i really liked it. i thought all the characters were really interesting. i feel like if this had been directed by david lean or even wolfgang peterson it'd have been a much bigger more sprawling film but here is a big story told in an intimate way that only matters in what the characters are saying and feeling. really good movie.
shareIt's a good film. I rated it a decent 7/10. It's not as tighly-woven as Ray's better films but it has its qualities, especially from a visual perspective (typically for Ray) and the performances were solid from the chess players and the King. It was nice to see Richard Attenborough having a role too (I wonder if Satyajit Ray ever saw Attenborough's 'Gandhi' some years later?)
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