Beauty... Mystery... Delightful Humor...
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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Cast
Nora Swinburne The Mother
Esmond Knight The Father
Arthur Shields Mr. John
Suprova Mukerjee Nan Thomas E. Breen Capt. John
Patricia Walters Harriet
Radha Burnier Melanie
Adrienne Corri Valerie
June Tripp Narrator (voice) Nimai Barik Kanu (uncredited)
Richard R. Foster Bogey (uncredited)
Jane Harris Muffie (uncredited)
Screenings in Brussels
No upcoming screenings.