The River

Jean Renoir’s adaptation of Rumer Godden’s novel explores life along the Ganges River as seen through the eyes of a trio of British girls spending their formative years in Bengal, India. Their lives are disrupted by the sudden appearance of American soldier Captain John (Thomas E. Breen), a one-legged war vet on whom all three of the girls develop crushes., On the banks of the West Bengal river, the eldest daughter of an English family is caught in a love triangle between a dashing visitor and a local Indian beauty. Adapted by director Jean Renoir from a story by Rumer Godden.