The river

The river

Blu-ray - 2015

Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.

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Subjects
Young women > Drama.
Coming of age > Drama.
Blu-ray discs.
India > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Romance films.
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Romance films
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection c2015.
Language
English
Other Authors
Jean Renoir, 1894-1979 (film director), Rumer Godden, 1907-1998 (-)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition ; full screen
Item Description
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features: Archival introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir; Around the river documentary by Arnaud Mandagaran about the making of the film; interview from 2004 with Martin Scorsese; audio interview from 2000 with producer Ken McEldowney; new visual essay by film writer Paul Ryan; trailer; essay by film scholar Ian Christie and original production notes by Renoir.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits
Photography, Claude Renoir ; editor, George Gale ; music, M.A. Partha Sarathy.
ISBN
9781604659788
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

The celebrated humanist master Jean Renoir (Rules of the Game; Grand Illusion) intended his short film Day to be part of an "omnibus" that was never completed. City folk mother and daughter are romanced by a pair of locals during a rural idyll-an encounter that leaves the latter wistful years (and a marriage) later. Set alongside the Ganges, River offers a poignant meditation on British colonial life in India from the viewpoint of a preteen girl-cum-grown-up. "Day" is a tender curio; "River" runs longer and deeper. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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