Bitter Rice [SEP] nominated for
riso amaro" can be taken to mean either "bitter laughter" or "bitter rice".
Although "Bitter Rice" did not win any awards, it was nominated for the 1950 Academy Award for Best Story and entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot.
The film begins at the start of the rice-planting season in northern Italy. In an effort to escape the law, two small-time thieves, Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman), hide amongst the
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- Anna Magnani (1908–1973), actress. In the United States, she was nominated twice for an Academy Award for best actress, winning the Oscar in 1955 for her role in "The Rose Tattoo"
- Silvana Mangano (1930–1989), actress, known for the critically acclaimed 1949 film, "Bitter Rice"
- Mariangela Melato (1941–2013), actress known for her work in Lina Wertmüller movies
- Sandra Milo (born 1933), actress. Some of her more