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Actors: Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne, Arthur Shields, Adrienne Corri
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The River (1951) |
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Based on an autobiographical book by Margaret Rumer Godden, THE RIVER is a movie directed by the French director Jean Renoir in 1951 on location in India.
The movie describes the everyday life of a family of English settlers who lives near a large river in Bengal, India. The parents have six daughters and an 8 years old boy -Bogey- who are growing under the loving attention of Nan, their Indian nurse.
The lives of the two oldest girls, Harriet (14), the narrator of the film, and Valerie (17), will be turned upside down when a young American soldier, who lost a leg during WWII, is hosted by their neighbour. Both girls, along with their neighbour's daughter, will fall in love with him and compete to charm the young man who's unfortunately more interested in turning over his psychological problems than in flirting with these girls.
One afternoon, the young Bogey is bitten by the cobra he had secretly discovered in the garden and tried to charm with a flute, and dies. When the young soldier finally decides to leave the town, the young girls will have experienced their first suffering.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The River (1951) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- British
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- Indian Indian
Lover is...
- physically ill or deformed
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- India
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- Snakes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- river
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Folk music
Is this movie based on a
- book
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