# The Golden Thread (1965)

> A devastating Bengali family drama where an adopted orphan’s love exposes the wounds of social displacement and rigid kinship.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/61449

## Facts

- Runtime: 123 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Ritwik Ghatak
- Cast: Madhabi Mukherjee, Satindra Bhattacharya, Abhi Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Bijon Bhattacharya, Indrani Chakrabarty, Abanish Banerjee, Shyamal Ghoshal
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056537/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: melancholic, bleak, intimate, serious film night, arthouse cinema viewing

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