Bitter Rice (1949)
3.9 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
- Two criminal lovers Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman) on the run hideout at a country rice farm in Northern Italy. Francesca joins the female camp of rice workers and soon befriends the beautiful Silvana (Silvana Mangano) along with the soldier Marco (Raf Vallone). The two couples soon to conspire to create a new life of crime. But litis newfound freedom has it's price, a price that the spirit of youth is willing to pay.
- Actors:
- Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Checco Rissone, Nico Pepe, Adriana Sivieri, Lia Corelli, Maria Grazia Francia, Dedi Ristori, Anna Maestri, Mariemma Bardi, Maria Capuzzo, Isabella Marincola, Carlo Mazzarella, Ermanno Randi, Antonio Nediani, Mariano Englen, Attilio Dottesio, Manlio Mannozzi
- Directors:
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Producers:
- Dino de Laurentiis
- Writers:
- Corrado Alvaro, Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani, Gianni Puccini, Carlo Musso, Ivo Perilli, Franco Monicelli, Mario Monicelli
- Others:
- Carlo Lizzani, Giuseppe De Santis
- Aka:
- Riso amaro
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- The Cinema Paradiso Kissing Montage
- Countries:
- Italy