Movie
Bitter Rice
1949 · 109 min
An earthy, slow-burning neorealist drama that immerses you in the sweat and solidarity of rice workers, building to a tense, tragic climax.
- Directed by
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Starring
- Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman
- Tagline
- An earthy drama of human passions among women rice workers in the Po Valley.
- 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.
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- Directed by
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Starring
- Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman
