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.

• Giuseppe De SantisDirector
• Giuseppe De SantisScreenplay
• Corrado AlvaroScreenplay
• Ivo PerilliScreenplay
• Goffredo PetrassiOriginal Music Composer
• Carlo MussoScreenplay
• Carlo LizzaniScreenplay
• Gianni PucciniScreenplay

• Doris DowlingFrancesca
• Silvana ManganoSilvana
• Vittorio GassmanWalter
• Raf ValloneMarco
• Checco RissoneAristide
• Nico PepeBeppe
• Adriana SivieriCeleste
• Lia CorelliAmelia
• Maria Grazia FranciaGabriella
• Dedi RistoriAnna
• Anna MaestriIrene
• Mariemma BardiGianna