Wild River

This film (drama)Also known asWild River，is aUSAProducerwomen sex，At1960Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating7.4(For reference only)。

"Wild River," also translated as "狂野之河," is one of the three films by American cinematic master Elia Kazan, whose original name is "WILD RIVER." It is less well-known than "SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS" (《天涯何处无芳草》(1961)) and "AMERICA, AMERICA" (《美国，美国》(1963)), but it is an outstanding piece of realism. Filmed in 1960, the movie is set against the backdrop of the 1930s and the 1929 economic crisis, with Roosevelt's New Deal plan as key themes. The Tennessee River in Tennessee is plagued by frequent floods and has experienced a catastrophic flood, prompting the construction of a hydroelectric dam as a means to solve unemployment and develop the economy, while also hoping to rid themselves of the nightmare of floods, a method we are all too familiar with. Congress thus established the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), specifically tasked with managing the area and constructing the hydroelectric dam to promote regional development. However, as raising water levels would require flooding a small island in the river, the elderly landlady, who refuses to relocate, the TVA coordinator from Washington, and various other characters play out a cold yet emotional drama. The protagonist, engineer CLOVER, approaches this thorny situation with the passion of a professional, exhibiting warmth and courtesy alongside fervent enthusiasm, embodying a perfect blend of rationality and emotion. Emotional approaches that win over hearts are often more effective than harsh suppression. Not only does the landlady’s granddaughter, who became a widow due to the flood, fall in love with him immediately, but even the Black villagers on the island lower their defense and gladly move into houses with electric lights, which were a novelty at the time. In the end, even the landlady, who swore to live and die with her ancestral land, eventually signs the death warrant after being the last person to remain on the island for some time and moves into the house that the engineer carefully chose for her, which matches her ancestral home. Another thread of racial discrimination intertwines as CLOVER offers equal pay to Black and white workers at the dam construction site, stirring resentment among other local foremen. The film's themes are constructed around entangled interests, role-playing, negotiation, and social isolation, culminating in this outstanding work of realism.