Bitter Rice (1949)
Riso amaro
"An earthy drama of human passions among women rice workers in the Po Valley."
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Doris Dowling as Francesca
Checco Rissone as Aristide
Nico Pepe as Beppe
Adriana Sivieri as Celeste
Lia Corelli as Amelia
Is Bitter Rice good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 236 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 100%.
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Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
