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.

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  Jean Renoir
• 
  Harisadhan Dasgupta
• 
  Satyajit Ray
• 
  Sukhamoy Sen
• 
  Bansi Ashe

• 
  Nora Swinburne
  The Mother
• 
  Esmond Knight
  The Father
• 
  Arthur Shields
  Mr. John
• 
  Suprova Mukerjee
  Nan
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  Thomas E. Breen
  Capt. John
• 
  Patricia Walters
  Harriet
• 
  Radha Burnier
  Melanie
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  Adrienne Corri
  Valerie
• 
  June Tripp
  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Nimai Barik
  Kanu (uncredited)
• 
  Richard R. Foster
  Bogey (uncredited)
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  Jane Harris
  Muffie (uncredited)
• 
  Jennifer Harris
  Mouse (uncredited)
• 
  Trilak Jetley
  Anil (uncredited)
• 
  Bhogwan Singh
  Sajjan (uncredited)
• 
  Penelope Wilkinson
  Elizabeth (uncredited)
• 
  Cecilia Wood
  Victoria (uncredited)