Bitter rice
by
De Santis, Giuseppe, 1917-1997, film director, screenwriter.
Title
:
Bitter rice
Alternate title
:
Riso amaro
Author
:
De Santis, Giuseppe, 1917-1997, film director, screenwriter.
De Laurentiis, Dino. film producer.
Alvaro, Corrado, 1895-1956, screenwriter.
Lizzani, Carlo, screenwriter.
Musso, Carlo, screenwriter.
Perilli, Ivo, 1902-1994, screenwriter.
Puccini, Gianni, 1914-1968, screenwriter.
Gassman, Vittorio, actor.
Petrassi, Goffredo, 1904-2003, composer.
Dowling, Doris, 1921-2004, actor.
Mangano, Silvana, 1930-1989, actor.
Lux film (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Series
:
Criterion collection ;
Summary
:
During planting season in Northern Italy's Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker falls in with a small-time criminal who is planning a daring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a melodrama tinged with sex and violence.
Audience
:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
General Note
:
Fullscreen (1.33:1) aspect ratio.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
Special features: Giuseppe de Santis, a 2008 documentary by screenwriter Carlo Lizzani ; interview with Lizzani from 2003 ; trailer ; essay by critic Pasquale Iannone.
Edition
:
DVD special edition.
Physical Description
:
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (4 unnumbered pages : color illustration ; 37 x 47 cm folded to 19 x 12 cm)
Genre
:
Foreign films.
Crime films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films in Italian.
Subject Term
:
Criminals -- Italy -- Drama.
Rice farming -- Italy -- Drama.
Agricultural laborers -- Italy -- Drama.
Geographic Term
:
Po River Valley (Italy) -- Drama.
Author(s)
:
De Santis, Giuseppe, 1917-1997,
De Laurentiis, Dino.
Alvaro, Corrado, 1895-1956,
Lizzani, Carlo,
Musso, Carlo,
Perilli, Ivo, 1902-1994,
Puccini, Gianni, 1914-1968,
Gassman, Vittorio,
Petrassi, Goffredo, 1904-2003,
Dowling, Doris, 1921-2004,
Mangano, Silvana, 1930-1989,
Added Corporate Author
:
Lux film (Firm),
Criterion Collection (Firm),
Publisher
:
The Criterion Collection,
Electronic Access
:
Publication Date
:
2016
1949
ISBN
:
9781551430928
Publication Information
:
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Call Number
:
DVD BITTERI
| Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| 33607003213736 | Foreign Language DVDs | BITTERI | Checked In |
