The River is sort of a pains of adolescence film following a British girl living in India. It's based on a novel and a lot of the story is told via narration from the text...that gets pretty grating. The story is kind of boring, but seeing the slice of life in India stuff is interesting. I like the films I've seen by Stayajit Ray, so to see a film he worked on before directing his own movies was really cool.
Also...when you think about Indian cinema today, you really think about those Bollywood musicals...but even in old movies like this, there is a lot of singing in music...it's a lot more organic than the big productions today, though...it's really interesting.
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