TY - ADVS AU - Renoir,Jean AU - Swinburne,Nora AU - Knight,Esmond AU - Corri,Adrienne ED - Janus Films ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - The River T2 - Criterion collection SN - 0780029623 U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2005/// CY - [United States] PB - Janus Films, Criterion Collection KW - India KW - Social conditions KW - Drama N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1951; Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden; Special features: New high-definition digital transfer from the 2004 film restoration; introduction to the film by Jean Renoir; new video interview with Martin Scorsese; 2000 audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney; 1995 'Rumer Godden: An Indian Afffair' BBC documentary; essays by film scholars Ian Christie and Alexander Sesonske; stills gallery; original theatrical trailer; Cinematographer, Claude Renoir; Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Adrienne Corri N2 - The film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River in India, around which their daily lives unfold ER -