La fille de l'eau

1925 [FRENCH]

Drama / Romance

2
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 786 786

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Plot summary

Orphan Virginia is left destitute following her father's death and her uncle's alcoholism; she finds refuge with bohemians but is forced to flee, eventually finding romance and a life-altering experience that triggers surreal dreams.

Director

Jean Renoir Photo
Jean Renoir

Top cast

Harold Levingston Photo
Harold Levingston as Georges Raynal
Maurice Touzé Photo
Maurice Touzé as La Fuine
Madame Fockenberghe Photo
Madame Fockenberghe as Madame Raynal
Charlotte Clasis Photo
Charlotte Clasis as Madame Maubien
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1 hr 23 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Incredible suspense thriller

Incredible suspense thriller!!!
Reviewed by R T 5 / 10

Jean Renoir's first solo film as director (following

Jean Renoir's first solo film as director (following 1924's Une vie sans Joie) again casts his wife, Catherine Hessling, as lead. Hessling is a true silent screen movie star - her face is all exaggeration (and accentuated by make-up) - who overacts and mugs to the camera in a way that almost derails the productions she is in. As in the previous film, La Fille de l'eau shows some of the visual poetry of Renoir's camerawork - there are some wonderful shots of the waterways of France, and a brilliantly surrealistic nightmare that is the best thing in the film. It opens up well enough - the first twenty minutes, showing life on a canal boat, the death of the father, and the brutalisation of Virginia (Hessling) by her uncle. After she flees, and falls in with a petty criminal, the film begins to take on a more moralising tone and its impact is lessened. Perhaps now more of a film to be appreciated as a snapshot of a different time, and by cinema-history fans only, there are moments here that the casual viewer might appreciate.
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