Bitter Rice Bitter Rice

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.

Vittorio Gassman Doris Dowling Silvana Mangano Raf Vallone

drama

108 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Dan Gaertner

    Review by Dan Gaertner ★★★★½

    I wanted to see "Bitter Rice" ever since I saw the famous poster for the film with Silvana Mangano on it as a teenager. It only took me 15 years to track down a copy. It was worth it the wait. "Bitter Rice" is a cocktail of all types of genres... Italian neo-realism, the American gangster film, melodrama. All of it wonderfully done.

  • jaska

    Review by jaska ★★★★★

    Riso amaro
    1949

  • nicksav

    Review by nicksav ★★★★½

    Exciting, sexy... Neorealist movement goes Hollywood.