The River (1951 film)
The River is a 1951 film directed by Jean Renoir. It was filmed in India, and was seminal to the launching of the careers of Satyajit Ray, who assisted on the film, and Subrata Mitra, Ray's cinematographer whom he met during the filming of The River.
A dramatization of an earlier literary work of the same name (The River, authored by Rumer Godden), the movie attests to a teenager's first love, and how her heart was broken when the man she fell in love with a certain Captain Jack - the handicapped war veteran cousin to her father, who had just arrived to assist in the ongoing and extremely lucrative jute trade - was smitten with her older sister.
One day, somewhat after the festival of Diwali, she follows them both at a distance, and seeing them come to stand on the bank of the river where they trade a very long kiss, she loses the will to live. Preferring to die, she runs away from home that night and attempts to commit suicide by floating down the river in an unattended canoe-like raft-boat. The river should not be navigated at night, as there are strong currents and very high waves, and two or three men are usually needed to row the boat against the current. Dying on the river, as from a boat that takes on water, would certainly have the appearance of an accident, but she takes things a step further by lowering herself into the water. Her death would have been a sure thing had some native boys not see her steal the boat, and rallied after the stolen craft.
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