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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.

  2. 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.

    • (4.9K)
    • Crime, Drama
    • Giuseppe De Santis
    • 1950-09-18
  3. 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
  4. Jan 16, 2016 · Bitter Rice is a 1949 film by Giuseppe De Santis that combines crime, class conflict, and rice cultivation in a noir-inflected style. It features the star debut of Silvana Mangano, who dances, flirts, and fights in the rice paddies with other women workers.

  5. 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
  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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