The Big City

The Big City (1963)

September 27th, 19632h 16min

Drama
78%

Overview

Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.


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