And in the middle flows a river on France 5: three things to know about Robert Redford’s film

Young Brad Pitt fly fishes in this historical drama released in 1992 and awarded an Oscar.

France 5 is rebroadcasting this Friday evening And in the middle there flows a riverthe third feature film by Robert Redford, who died just a year ago, as director. It will be available for free streaming the next day on the France Télévisions website.

The adaptation of a popular short story

Set in early 20th century Montana, And in the middle there flows a river depicts the relationship between two brothers, once separated by existence, who will meet again around their common passion for fly fishing, instilled in their childhood by a father who raised them under the sign of the very rigorous Presbyterian religion. This is the adaptation of The River of the Sixth Dayan autobiographical short story by Norman Maclean, a professor at the University of Chicago and published in 1976, when he had just retired. At the time, the author had difficulty finding a publishing house, with the majority of his interlocutors criticizing him…