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.

• 
  Nora Swinburne

  The Mother
• 
  Esmond Knight

  The Father
• 
  Arthur Shields

  Mr. John
• 
  Suprova Mukerjee

  Nan
• 
  Radha Burnier

  Melanie
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  Adrienne Corri

  Valerie
• 
  June Tripp

  Narrator (voice)
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  Bhogwan Singh

  Sajjan (uncredited)