Restoring the Apu Trilogy

Kogonada
2015-11-17


8
13 min

In 1993, the original negatives of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy were burned in a massive nitrate fire at a laboratory in London. Even though there were no technologies available at the time capable of fully restoring such badly damaged film elements, the Academy Film Archive held on to them. And now times have changed.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mira Nair Self Unowned
Davide Pozzi Self Unowned