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.
前半小时还是可以的，提高了我的期待值。时隐时现的猫奸细增添紧张感，但中后段乏力，沦为儿童片但偶尔又重口血腥。最后变成儿童演绎的暗黑童话。两边不讨好。
PS 中文片名的翻译真是太拉垮啊！这个续集字面意义是远离巴黎环路，呼应10年前的第一集的环路另一侧（也是意指两主演第一次搭档时两个世界观的相撞）。这一集主题也是与时俱进，远离环路来到了一个虚构的山村乡下城市，反应了当代极右的崛起。
被预告吸引来看的，有期望值的百分之八十。故事线完整，氛围营造到位，是部不错的悬疑恐怖片。一直很欣赏王真儿的演技，但这次有部分台词输出差了点意思，再有点劲会更精彩；还有点不明白的，后期被当作幌子的水猴子是弟弟，那水生杀害的是什么？最后有被小清河感动到了，可怕的从来不是“鬼怪”，是作祟的邪恶人心。推荐观看。
2021.8.23. 全片色调偏暗，眼睛看瞎，故事线清晰，唯一看点结尾强硬来一波感动？
国产恐怖片的尿性，不是装神弄鬼就是神经病，和第一部一毛一样的框架，套了个壳子讲了个不一样的故事，你说你打个悬疑情感剧都好，非得加个惊悚来骗我，气人
浪费我一个多小时，很简单的民间奇谭，就是要拍的硬伤一大堆，也不要说什么小成本了，七八十年代邵氏的恐怖片也能把故事讲的很好，电影好不好从来都不是靠特效的，剧本硬伤一堆。
整个电影出场不超20个人😳
鬼节项目，水怪质量差了点，皮套不够精致哈哈哈，故事还可以的，稍微有点尴尬
值得一看✨看人性，看美好的酮体，看竞技的残酷～不同的人生选择后，是执着的痛苦和放下的超脱。
一点都不恐怖，趣味性很强倒是真的，美术设计也不错，最喜欢的部分是男主讲故事然后女巫各种挑剔，太有意思了，男主被迫赶稿像极了写文填坑的我
大概看看还行，故事逻辑经不住推敲，水怪造型挺吓人逼真，只能说进步空间还很大
完全没想到，国产恐怖片能有这样的水平，故事完整，氛围渲染得也很到位，最后还升华了，喊姐姐的时候太感人了。孩子可以被控制，被顺从，但在面对亲人的时候，永远无法回避亲情
呃。。。故事老套，一惊一乍还不吓人，女主我以为是姜文媳妇
冲着这个黑人演员来看的 为什么他就是自带搞笑天赋啊！
居然是儿童恐怖片，更多的通过音效达到恐吓的效果。仍然是套路的被孤立的个体战胜自我战胜敌人从而寻找友情和亲情的故事，仍然是在政治正确的同时不忘把亚裔作为虚伪不值得信任的一方，这很好莱坞。
如果是货真价实的恐怖片从头到尾讲故事就好了
比第1部有一些进步。在剧情上更加的丰满，悬疑的要素慢慢的多了起来，但是逻辑漏洞太多了，看得我满脸问号。
可能是太早猜出女巫身份的原因味同嚼蜡。除了大漂亮很漂亮，两个小孩子浮夸演出这两个记忆点外，没更多亮点。特别是你以为分段式恐怖短片会有看点，你会发现从没有过更加让你失望的片子。多一星给了无毛猫。 另外，祖国熊家长千万别看
老套的女巫拐小孩的故事，给小朋友看吧，有几个画面还真有点相对重口，给大人看吧这些画面又太柔和，所以这片的受众是PG和PG13之间的小朋友？
构思真的不错，对于青少年来说是一部很好的入门惊悚片。唯一的错误就是分级是R级。
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