Satyajit Ray Negatives - My Life with Manikda (2006)
My Life with Manikda
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 52M
Director : Bo Van Der Werf
Synopsis
Calcutta, 1950: Satyajit Ray directs his first film and, by opening his eyes on his country's realities, breaks every convention of Indian cinema. During twenty-five years, Ray's personal photographer Nemai Gosh will be his shadow. This movie tells their parallel destinies, it ventures Satyajit Ray's extraordinary artistic journey through the obsessive lens of Nemai Gosh.
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