Bitter Rice (1949)
September 30, 1949Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Vittorio Gassman
Walter
Doris Dowling
Francesca
Silvana Mangano
Silvana
Raf Vallone
Marco
Checco Rissone
Aristide
Nico Pepe
Beppe
Adriana Sivieri
Celeste
Lia Corelli
Amelia
Maria Grazia Francia
Gabriella
Dedi Ristori
Anna
Anna Maestri
Irene
Mariemma Bardi
Gianna
Giuseppe De Santis
Director
Maria Capuzzo
Giulia
Carlo Lizzani
Writer
Isabella Zennaro
Rosa
Gianni Puccini
Writer
Carlo Mazzarella
Gianetto
Corrado Alvaro
Writer
Attilio Dottesio
Radio Reporter (Uncredited)
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Manlio Mannozzi
Alessandro (Uncredited)
Mariano Englen
Cesare
Goffredo Petrassi
Composer
Antonio Nediani
Erminio
Otello Martelli
Cinematographer
Gabriele Varriale
Editor
Ermanno Randi
Paolo
Aristide Catoni
(uncredited)
Roberto Gerardi
Assistant Camera
Ivo Perilli
Screenplay
Luciano Trasatti
Assistant Camera
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1949
Original NameRiso amaro
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
Wiki.
Bitter Rice (Italian: Riso amaro [ˈriːso aˈmaːro, ˈriːzo -]) is a 1949 Italian neorealist crime drama film directed and co-written by Giuseppe De Santis, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. The story follows a pair of fugitives, who hide among the rice fields of northern Italy. The Italian title of the film is based on a pun; since the Italian word riso can mean either "rice" or "laughter", riso amaro can be taken to mean either "bitter laughter" or "bitter rice".
Released by Lux Film, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and the United States. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the 1950 Academy Award for Best Story.
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."