ThisiscommonlyknownasJeanRenoir'sfirstAmericanfilm(1941),althoughRenoirscholarAlexanderSesonskehasestablishedthatRenoir'screativeroleintheprojectwasseverelyhamperedbyproducerDarrylF.Zanuckandthathedidn'tregardmuchofthefilmashisown.(Theending,forinstance,waswrittenbyZanuckanddirectedbyIrvingPichel.)Nevertheless,thefilmhascertainbeautiesandpleasures.PartofitwasshotinGeorgia'sOkefenokeeswamp,andthetreatmentofthesmallcommunityliving~Censored~isoftenpungentanddistinctive.
