Showtimes for Bitter Rice
Co-presented by Archives on Screen, Twin Cities and the Italian Cultural Center. New 4K restoration by the Cineteca di Bologna, courtesy of Janus.
Female rice workers in Northern Italy's Po Valley battle heat, exhaustion, and homicidal lust in this neorealist-ish pulpy melodrama. Jewel thief Francesca (Doris Dowling) escapes the police by hiding out among the rice harvesters, befriending Silvana (Silvana Mangano) until her ex-accomplice Walter (Vittorio Gassman) arrives on the scene. Solidarity between documented and undocumented female workers is needed to fight abusive bosses, manipulative male lovers, and a rice heist that would rob the women of their meager wages. This steamy classic is the perfect screening for late August!
Giuseppe De Santis
Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Raf Vallone
1949
Italy
Italian
English
109 min
Big Screen Classic, Drama
