Bitter Rice

About Bitter Rice

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.

Bitter Rice (1949) is a crime film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Released in September 1949, it runs 109 minutes.

Doris Dowling appears as Francesca, Silvana Mangano as Silvana, Vittorio Gassman as Walter, and Raf Vallone as Marco. Written by Carlo Lizzani and Carlo Musso.

Shelv files it under thief and suicide. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

After Hours and The Satan Bug make useful companions to Bitter Rice. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 236 TMDB voters.