Bitter Rice (aka Riso Amaro)
Date: 1949
Director: Guiseppe De Santis
Production Company: Lux Film
Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone
Location(s): Piedmont (Italy)
Region(s): Italy
Storyline:
Two small-time thieves hide amongst the crowds of female workers heading to the rice fields.
Additional Information:
Screen shots uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill.
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Mondarisi (Rice Weeders) run across the tracks at Turin railway station. This appears to be Stazione di Vercelli, Vercelli in Piedmont but for now is an unconfirmed location.
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The camera pans with the workers.
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The loading dock at the station.
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Walter arrives at the station concealed in a crowd of demonstrators.
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Soldiers leave Casina Selve (Selve Farmstead) in Salasco, Vercelli, Piedmont.
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Mondarisi arrive at the farm. Cascina Selve near Salasco, Vercelli.
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Mondarisi are carried on the back of trucks.
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In the courtyard of a farmstead.
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A photographer takes pictures.
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Workers run through the torrential rain.
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Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman) shelter from the rain.