TMDb7.5 / 10

Bitter Rice (1949)

Name: Bitter Rice
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1949-09-30
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Raf Vallone, Checco Rissone

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

109 min · Italy · Dir. Giuseppe De Santis

Drama Crime 1949 movies

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.