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Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 75% of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
132 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean RenoirDirector
- Jean RenoirScreenplay
- Rumer GoddenScreenplay
- M.A. Partha SarathyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nora SwinburneThe Mother
- Esmond KnightThe Father
- Arthur ShieldsMr. John
- Suprova MukerjeeNan
- Thomas E. BreenCapt. John
- Patricia WaltersHarriet
- Radha BurnierMelanie
- Adrienne CorriValerie
- June TrippNarrator (voice)
- Nimai BarikKanu (uncredited)
- Richard R. FosterBogey (uncredited)
- Jane HarrisMuffie (uncredited)
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Themes
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