Desperate to flee Calcutta’s rat race, four friends drive to Palamu, one of India’s rural “tribal lands,” where they bribe a watchman into letting them stay at a sylvan guesthouse. Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST is one of director Satyajit Ray’s greatest achievements; a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale.
