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Director:
Writers:
Rumer Godden (novel)
Rumer Godden (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 December 1951 (France) more
Tagline:
Beauty...Mystery...Delightful Humor...
Plot:
Three adolescent girls growing up in Bengal, India, learn their lessons in life after falling for an older American soldier. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Wes Anderson’s Indian summer
(From t5m.com. 15 August 2008, 5:04 AM, PDT)
Restored Classic Movies To Be Screened at Cannes
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 April 2005)
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Just life more (23 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Nora Swinburne | ... | The Mother |
| Esmond Knight | ... | The Father |
| Arthur Shields | ... | Mr. John |
| Suprova Mukerjee | ... | Nan |
| Thomas E. Breen | ... | Capt. John |
| Patricia Walters | ... | Harriet |
| Radha | ... | Melanie |
| Adrienne Corri | ... | Valerie |
| June Hillman | ... | Narration (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Le fleuve (France)
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Runtime:
99 min
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | USA:Approved | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
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This film was instrumental in launching the careers of Satyajit Ray - an assistant on the film - and Subrata Mitra, who went on to become Ray's cinematographer. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Harriet's arms change position when lighting Captain John's cigarette on the boat. more
Quotes:
Valerie: This... being together... in the garden. All of us happy, and you with us here, I didn't want it to change... and it's changed. I didn't want it to end... and it's gone. It was like something in a dream. Now you've made it real. I didn't want to be real. more
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This is one of those rare films which give you the impression after viewing it that you have truly lived and shared the lives of its characters (not just 'two people received that kiss', as they say in the film, but everyone who's watching the movie).
You became part of that river as the film progresses, it is perhaps the picture which has described the passage of time better than any other. It is life, running within its waters, that catches your soul, which melts with the river and the film and your memory...
I think it is the only movie that made me run to a bookstore to buy the book it was based on. Rumer Godden's work is beautiful indeed, but the film is far better for me.
Highly recommended!