The River
Jean Renoir
In India, on the banks of the river Ganges, time goes by uneventfully. Two young English women and an Indian woman fall in love with an American captain. Maimed in the war, he decides not to reveal his true feelings.
With : Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Thomas E. Breen, Suprova Mukerjee, Patricia Walters, Radha Shri Ran
Screenplay : Rumer Godden et Jean Renoir
Image : Claude Renoir (Technicolor)
Decors : Eugène Lourié, Bansi Chandra Gupta
Music : M.A. Paratta Sarati
Editing : George Gale
Screenplay : Rumer Godden et Jean Renoir
Image : Claude Renoir (Technicolor)
Decors : Eugène Lourié, Bansi Chandra Gupta
Music : M.A. Paratta Sarati
Editing : George Gale
This film, "exotic" without recourse to elephants or tiger hunting, is unique in Jean Renoir's career. The negation of cinematographic canons, the humanism spirituality and sensuality close to this film maker's heart, are all apparent. Yet this western meditation upon the East masks Renoir's suffering at being banished to Hollywood, and may be seen as his search for solace in a distant paradise.