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Riso Amaro - Bitter Rice

Giuseppe De Santis

Riso Amaro - Bitter Rice - 1949 - DVD - 108m

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. Black and White Film.


Drama