The Middleman

Movie
Audience Score
78
The Middleman
NR 2 hr 11 minDramaCalcutta Trilogy PosterPart of Calcutta Trilogy
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
StarringPradip MukherjeeSatya BannerjeeDipankar Dey
DirectorSatyajit Ray

Movie Details

Original Language:Bengali
Production Companies:Indus Films
Movie Tags:
marketmiddleman

Calcutta Trilogy

Three of Ray's films made between 1970 and 1971 form Calcutta Trilogy, the main characters being seen this time in relation to their work. It is a political trilogy about how we are being shaped, and perhaps misshapen, by our working conditions.