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Bitter Rice (Italian: Riso amaro [ˈriːso aˈmaːro, ˈriːzo-]) is a 1949 Italian neorealist crime drama film directed and co-written by Giuseppe De Santis, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. The story follows a pair of fugitives, who hide among the rice fields of ...
A 1949 film by Giuseppe De Santis about two criminals who join a group of rice workers in Northern Italy and plan a robbery. The film features a stunning black and white cinematography and a controversial performance by Silvana Mangano, the ex miss Rome.
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- Crime, Drama
- Giuseppe De Santis
- 1950-09-18
Set in the Po Valley, Italy, this 1949 film follows a rice-field worker who joins a gang of thieves to steal the crop. It features Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, and Doris Dowling in a story of love, betrayal, and violence.
- Walter Granata
Jan 13, 2016 · In Bitter Rice, Giuseppe De Santis focused his lens on the world of Italy’s female rice workers, for a story that’s part social commentary, part pulp melodrama—and introduced the world to a dazzling young actress named Silvana Mangano.
Directed by Giuseppe De Santis. An earthy drama of human passions among women rice workers in the Po Valley. 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.
- (6.3K)
- Lux Film
- Giuseppe De Santis
Set in the agricultural Po Valley region of northern Italy, Giuseppe De Santis’ Riso Amaro (US: Bitter Rice) is a unique noir drama in the Italian neorealism tradition. Jewel thieves Walter (Vittorio Gassman) and girlfriend Francesca (Doris Dowling) hide from the police by blending in with the annual migration of female laborers to the Po ...
Dec 2, 2022 · The early-generation genre mashup “Bitter Rice,” from 1949, fuses the class-based politics—and the on-location authenticity—of neorealism with a smoldering romantic melodrama. It’s ...
