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The River (1951)
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
Updated May 12 2020
Cast
Arthur Shields
Mr. John
Esmond Knight
The Father
Nora Swinburne
The Mother
Suprova Mukerjee
Nan
Thomas E. Breen
Capt. John
Patricia Walters
Harriet
Radha
Melanie
Crew
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography
Jean Renoir
Director
Jean Renoir
Screenplay
Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Rumer Godden
Novel
Rumer Godden
Screenplay
George Gale
Editor
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