Girl and the River movie storyline. Old Félix, a prosperous land owner in Haute Provence, will be expropriated because a dam is being built on the River Durance and his estate is to be flooded. He receives thirty million francs in compensation but dies soon after. Hortense, his only daughter, inherits the money but the trouble is that Félix has hidden the loot somewhere and it is nowhere to be found.
All of Hortense’s next of kin suddenly take an interest in the “poor orphan” and those greedy ones – with the exception of kind-hearted uncle Simon – put pressure on the girl, and try – through wile, threat and even murder, to inveigle her inheritance. But however young and frail Hortense is, she is nobody’s fool.
Girl and the River (French: L’Eau Vive) is a 1958 French drama film directed by François Villiers and starring Henri Ariu, Pascale Audret, Odette Barencey, Charles Blavette, Jean Clarens, Andrée Debar, Hubert de Lapparent, Hélène Gerber, Jean Giono, Harry-Max and Germaine Kerjean. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Girl and the River (1958)
Directed by: François Villiers
Starring: Henri Ariu, Pascale Audret, Odette Barencey, Charles Blavette, Jean Clarens, Andrée Debar, Hubert de Lapparent, Hélène Gerber, Jean Giono, Harry-Max, Germaine Kerjean
Screenplay by: Alain Allioux, Jean Giono
Production Design by: Jean-Pierre Thévenet
Cinematography by: Paul Soulignac
Film Editing by: Edouard Berne
Music by: Guy Béart
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Gaumont (France), Continental Distributing (United States)
Release Date: June 13, 1958 (France)
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