Bitter Rice (1949)

Bitter Rice (1949)

  • 7.7
  • 107 mins
  • Drama

Storyline

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.—Laura Ernestina Ruberto



Short Review

De Santis creates something a bit stranger with this hybrid, a darker examination of sex and violence from the perspective of two central female characters... Its social commentary seems incredibly progressive.


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