Girl and the River () is a 1958 French drama film directed by François Villiers. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast In alphabetical order by surname Henri Arius - The uncle from Cavaillon Pascale Audret - Hortense Odette Barencey - Joséphine Charles Blavette - L'oncle Simon Jean Clarens - Le notaire Andrée Debar - The cousin from Rochebrune Hubert de Lapparent - Elie, a peasant Hélène Gerber - La femme d'Elie Jean Giono - Le récitant (voice) Harry-Max - Le juge de paix Germaine Kerjean - The aunt from Rochebrune Robert Lombard - Le cousin de Rochebrune Milly Mathis - The aunt from Cavaillon Pierre Moncorbier - L'oncle vigneron Jean Panisse - The butcher Maurice Sarfati - The cousin from Cavaillon Dany Saval Jean-Marie Serreau - Le Jéhovah de Perthuis Madeleine Sylvain - La bouchère Arlette Thomas - La femme de Dabisse
Reception
Jean-Luc Godard considered it the best French film of 1958.Jean-Luc Godard, Godard par Godard (Flammarion, 1989; ISBN 978-2-08-081516-3), pp. 179-180.
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