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Rating: 7.5 stars

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india black and white class differences spoiled child birthday party rivalry social criticism injustice

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Two (1965)

Directed by Satyajit Ray

Short | Drama

Overview

This short film shows an encounter, through a series of games, between a street child from the shantytowns and a child of a rich family, stationed at his window. The film has no dialogue and the action moves through the attempts at one-upmanship evident in their successive display of their toys. Their rivalry (a kite shot down by a toy rifle, for example) concludes with the opposition between the world of noise (the toys inside the house) and that of music (the street child’s flute).  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.

Rated PG | Length 12 minutes

Actors

Ravi Kiran

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Class differences and social injustice through the eyes of two children, one rich and spoiled, and the other a street urchin. Once again, money can’t buy you happiness. You can’t help but watch this and think of Donald Trump as an ogre of a child NOT learning this lesson, just like the rich, entitled kid in this made-for-tv short.

Preserved by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.

This is the first film I’ve watched by Satyajit Ray, a director who’s long been on my to-watch list but I still haven’t gotten around to.

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