A village woman abandoned by her husband is forced into prostitution in Kolkata and forms nameless yet strong relations with a wealthy patron as well as an abused boy in the neighbourhood.

苏巴拉吉·米特拉以这部从画面、音乐到内容皆诗意盎然的电影，致敬印度电影大师雷伊闻名世界的“阿普三部曲”。影片从“三部曲”结束之处开始，讲述鳏夫阿普与儿子相依为命，却在一系列与故人的偶遇中唤醒去非洲冒险的旅行热望，一边回望来时路，一边在对儿子的爱与责任和联结着文学事业的对外探索之间纠结。印度的人文地理面貌尽在这部黑白电影中展现，影片制作精良考究，在描绘个体的同时，视角宏大地展现二战初期印度与英国的复杂关系。

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.