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Bitter Rice (1949)

Bitter Rice (1949)

Drama Crime

An earthy drama of human passions among women rice workers in the Po Valley.

Release Date: 1949, September 30
Directors: Giuseppe De Santis
Countries: Italy
Production: Lux Film
Cast: Attilio Dottesio, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Aristide Catoni, Checco Rissone, Anna Maestri, Nico Pepe, Carlo Mazzarella, Maria Grazia Francia, Adriana Sivieri

Overview:

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.

Keywords:

suicide thief