The River (1951)
Directed by Jean Renoir · Cinematography by Claude Renoir
Approved99 min63 frames
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What is The River about?
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
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What does the cinematography of The River look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The River leans on medium shots (56% of the sample) and close-ups (19%). Cinematographer Claude Renoir keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 65% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 65% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The River?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The River (1951) are #34312e, #54514c, #d6c4af, #8c6d54, #8f7770, #c9ad92 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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