Chahine’s brisk and energetic work set in a railway station shows us characters who are forced to eke out a living, with the director himself brilliantly playing a psychologically unstable poor man who fantasises about being with the woman of his dreams.
The first colour film of Tati is a remarkable and satirical slapstick comedy, acting as a bridge between the doldrums of mechanized modernity and the earthly charms of the old-world.
An extraordinary masterpiece by the great Satyajit Ray that captures the clash between tradition and modernity in a deeply poetic, melancholic (and musical) way.
