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Amazon.com Essentials: Jean Renoir's beautiful 1951 film (based on Rumer Godden's novel) about an English family's life in Bengal is a deeply moving experience. Told from the point of view of an adolescent girl who falls in love, experiences a tragic loss, and sees the cycle of existence played out against a mystic portrait of India, the film takes Renoir's natural humanity to an even greater level. Shot by the director's brother, Claude Renoir, (both of them the sons of painter Auguste Renoir), The River is as magnificent to look at as to feel in one's heart. --Tom Keogh