A series of outstanding feature films from more than 20 different countries.
This week: from India starring Chhabi Biswas

A wealthy Bengali businessman dominates his family and forces them to help him increase his own wealth and prestige. But on holiday in the shadow of Kangchenjunga mountain he finds himself unable to justify his principles when challenged by an unemployed amateur philosopher. Never shown publicly in Britain, Kangchenjunga, Satyajit Ray's first colour film and the first he scripted himself, is much tauter than his earlier work. In fact, the action covers only one-and-a-half hours, the duration of the film itself
Written and directed by Satyajit Ray
(Philip Jenkinson on This Week's Films: page 8)