Bitter Rice
Sep 30 1949
•2h 49m
•Drama, Crime
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.
Cast
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Vittorio Gassman
Walter
Doris Dowling
Francesca
Silvana Mangano
Silvana
Raf Vallone
Marco
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