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The Middleman

Movie
Audience Score
75
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with The Film Foundation, in 1996.
StarringPradip MukherjeeSatya BannerjeeDipankar Dey
DirectorSatyajit Ray

Movie Details

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