Bitter Rice (1949)
September 30, 1949Release Date

Plot.
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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

Maria Capuzzo
Giulia

Isabella Zennaro
Rosa

Carlo Mazzarella
Gianetto

Attilio Dottesio
Radio Reporter (Uncredited)

Manlio Mannozzi
Alessandro (Uncredited)

Mariano Englen
Cesare

Antonio Nediani
Erminio

Ermanno Randi
Paolo

Aristide Catoni
(uncredited)

Giuseppe De Santis
Story / Director / Screenplay

Corrado Alvaro
Screenplay

Fernando Previtali
Conductor

Ivo Perilli
Screenplay

Goffredo Petrassi
Original Music Composer

Carlo Lizzani
Story / Screenplay

Roberto Gerardi
Assistant Camera

Piero Nelli
Second Assistant Director

Giovanna Valeri
Script Supervisor

Luciano Trasatti
Assistant Camera

Gianni Puccini
Story / Co-Director / Screenplay
Media.


Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1949
Original NameRiso amaro
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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."
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