An Enemy of the People

Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Mamata Shankar, Subhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra, Satya Banerjee

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.