The River
Beauty... Mystery... Delightful Humor...
99 mins
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.
Thomas E. Breen
Capt. John
Patricia Walters
Harriet
Nimai Barik
Kanu (uncredited)
Richard R. Foster
Bogey (uncredited)
Jane Harris
Muffie (uncredited)
Jennifer Harris
Mouse (uncredited)
Trilak Jetley
Anil (uncredited)
Penelope Wilkinson
Elizabeth (uncredited)
Cecilia Wood
Victoria (uncredited)
Rumer Godden
Novel
Rumer Godden
Screenplay
M.A. Partha Sarathy
Original Music Composer
George Gale
Editor
Kenneth McEldowney
Producer
Harisadhan Dasgupta
Assistant Director
Kalyan Gupta
Production Manager
Charles Knott
Sound Engineer
Bansi Ashe
Assistant Director
Sukhamoy Sen
Assistant Director
Charles Poulton
Sound Engineer