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.

Cast:

Nora Swinburne
The Mother 

Esmond Knight
The Father 

Arthur Shields
Mr. John 

Suprova Mukerjee
Nan 

Thomas E. Breen
Capt. John 

Patricia Walters
Harriet 

• El río
• Le fleuve