Bitter Morsel

06/01/1979

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1hr 35min

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STORY

This somber drama follows the troubles of a rural family who moves to the big city to have a better life. Although the family is poor, they provide lodging for an old beggar while the unemployed husband searches for work. The youngest girl steals birdseed from a parrot, while the eldest girl is close to trading sex for food. The wife believes the beggar is hiding something and finds a bag of rice in his room. The beggar dies, and the wife cooks the rice for her family. Although she has provided for her family, her feelings of guilt about the old man prevent her from keeping her food down.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Sunil Mukherjee
  • Jayita Sarkar
  • Manojit Lahiri
  • Anil Chatterjee

    Director

  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • India

LANGUAGES

  • Bengali