The Holy Man (1965)
When a religious conman preys on a grieving family in The Holy Man, Satyajit Ray sets the stage for a battle of reason and delusion, threatening to unravel a young couple’s hopes of romance with a wry, comical edge.
The Coward (1965)
Time instantly dissipates when one young scriptwriter runs into his former lover in The Coward, yet Satyajit Ray keeps emotional closure at a tentative distance as this old flame resists rekindling, choreographing a dance of glances and hesitations that ambiguously withholds the truth.