The magic continues. Aparajito finds Apu’s family in the city, at Benares, by the holy Ganges, where pilgrims come to bathe, then follows them back to a village after another devastating loss... The second chapter of the Trilogy proves emphatically that the greatness of the first is no fluke, that Satyajit Ray is an extraordinary artist, capable of mining profound complexity in the simplicity of ordinary life. Ray finds poetic beauty in the city just as he does in the village, hitting exquisite timbre in Apu’s emotional journey, particularly poignant in the heartrending relationship he has with his mother.