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Romantic drama

The River

Durée
55 minEdition Filmmuseum 36 reconstruction Sources des versions ↓

A young man tending an isolated river property meets a woman bound to an absent lover, and winter turns their encounter into dependence.

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Langue
English
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Two hands wrap around a cold hand in a close view.

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À quoi s’attendre

Borzage uses water, snow, enclosure, and bodily care to give romance an elemental pressure. The film survives incompletely, so its emotional force reaches us through fragments and reconstruction as well as original design.

Comment aborder le film

Accept the surviving presentation as incomplete. Focus on Allen, Rosalee, and the changing river landscape; atmosphere carries connections that missing material can no longer explain. The 84-minute figure records the original release, not the surviving presentation. Edition Filmmuseum 36 lists its reconstruction at 55 minutes, using surviving footage, photographs and text to bridge missing sections.

À savoir

Une brève note non exhaustive Survives in incomplete form and may vary by presentation. Includes sexual coercion, violence, isolation, illness, death, and emotional distress.
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The missing sections make the river feel even less containable: the film reaches us after part of its course has disappeared. I hold on to the gestures of warmth that remain.

— Momo

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Générique et versions

Carte des versions

AFI 84-minute release record Catalogue record · 84 min 84 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 84-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. The 84-minute figure records the original release, not the surviving Edition Filmmuseum reconstruction. Source : American Film Institute — The River Vérifié le 2026-08-22
Edition Filmmuseum 36 reconstruction 55 min The publisher lists this reconstruction at 55 minutes. Surviving footage is supplemented by photographs and text for missing sections; it is not a complete original cut. The AFI 84-minute original-release record remains separate. Current stock, shipping and streaming have not been checked. Source : Edition Filmmuseum 36 — The River Référence pour la durée · Vérifié le 2026-10-25

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