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Director
Giuseppe De SantisScreenplay
Giuseppe De SantisCorrado Alvaro
Carlo Musso
Ivo Perilli
Gianni Puccini
Carlo Lizzani
Bitter Rice 1949
Drama/ Crime/
BUDGET - Not Available
Status - Released
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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