Riso amaro / Bitter Rice (1949), Giuseppe De Santis (2008) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

Taking place during the rice planting season in Northern Italy's Po Valley, Bitter Rice sympathetically follows the plight of dozens of women who make the annual pilgrimage to harvest the existing crops and deposit new plants (a job ideally suited for delicate female hands).

In a desperate attempt to avoid the police Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gasman) find themselves on a busy train station in Northern Italy where massive groups of seasonal workers are heading towards the rice plantations of the Po Valley. As Walter disappears in the crowd Francesca joins a group of women who seem visibly excited that work is finally on the horizon. Francesca soon befriends the voluptuous Silvana (Silvana Mangano) and upon arrival at the rice fields the two quickly become involved in a deadly web of lies and murder.

BD50 + DVD9 | 1080p AVC, NTSC | 0 | 44.2 Gb + 7.77 Gb
Language: Italiano
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone
Country: Italy
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