Title from container. Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Patricia Walters, Arthur Shields. Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden. DVD release of the 1951 motion picture. Special features: Introduction to the film from 1962 by director Jean Renoir ; Around the river, a 2008 documentary ; interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004 ; audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000 ; Jean Renoir: A passage through India ; trailer ; essay by film scholar Ian Christie and notes on the film by Renoir.
Summary:
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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