The River

Coming November 15

Directed by: Jean Renoir

1951 99 min 35mm

Part of: River: Cinema Against the Current

Part of River: Cinema Against the Current 

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.

Jean Renoir

Nora Swinburne, Suprova Mukerjee

1951

99 min