

The River
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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.
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- English
- based on novel or book
- river
- snake charmer
- hindu
- love
- india
- american
- first love
- kite flying
- bengal
- ganges
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical10 Sept 1951
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU24 Apr 1952
FranceFR
- Theatrical19 Dec 1951
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1221 Nov 1952
SwedenSE
- Theatrical31 Mar 1952
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The River was released on 10 September 1951.
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CinemaSerf
2/8/2024
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 Walters) who lives an affluent life beside the river with her much younger sisters, brother and with her mother (Nora S…
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