Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)

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Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) – S. Ray

This tale of four young men on a drunken vacation to "the forest" is deceptively simple, but in Satyajit Ray's masterful hands, the story becomes lyrical and complex. Our immature heroes meet two women who are deeper, more tempered by experience, and as a result find themselves transformed. Good thing too, because they started out boorish, careless, and demeaning to those from lower castes than themselves. Full of humid transcendent B&W cinematography.