Bitter Rice
MovieTitle | Riso amaro |
User score | 7.4 |
Release date | Sep 30, 1949 |
Genre | Drama, Crime |
Director | Giuseppe De Santis |
Production country | Italy |
Production companies | Lux Film |
Run time | 109 min. |
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.