The River

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.

Cast

Nora Swinburne

Nora Swinburne

as The Mother

Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

as The Father

Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

as Mr. John

Suprova Mukerjee

Suprova Mukerjee

as Nan

Thomas E. Breen

Thomas E. Breen

as Capt. John

Patricia Walters

Patricia Walters

as Harriet

Radha Burnier

Radha Burnier

as Melanie

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

as Valerie

June Tripp

June Tripp

as Narrator (voice)

Nimai Barik

Nimai Barik

as Kanu (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I found there to be something of the beauty of one of novelist Rumor Godden's other novels - "Black Narcussus" (1947) in this gorgeously photographed tale of three young women growing up with the Ganges river providing a constant in their lives. Our story is narrated, in part, by "Harriet" (Patricia...

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