Satyajit Ray returns to the topic of family with his most direct portrait of generational friction in the somber Branches of the Tree. When a self-made industrialist and philanthropist has a heart attack, his sons rush to his bedside. While waiting out their father’s convalescence (or demise), the reunited siblings let old resentments simmer as new secrets emerge. Former Cahiers du Cinémaeditor Jean-Michel Frodon praised the film, writing, “On Ray’s screen, everything moves and breathes, everything has nuance and depth.”