Bitter Rice (1949)

Directed by Giuseppe De Santis

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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.

Genre: Drama, Crime

Language: it

Production

Cinematographer: Otello Martelli · Composer: Goffredo Petrassi · Editor: Gabriele Varriale · Production Design: Carlo Egidi

Production: Lux Film

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