Bitter Rice (1949) |
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| Director(s) | Giuseppe de Santis |
| Producer(s) | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Top Genres | Drama |
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Raf Vallone
(as Marco)
Bitter Rice Overview:
Bitter Rice (1949) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Giuseppe de Santis and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
Academy Awards 1950 --- Ceremony Number 23 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani | Nominated |
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Bitter Rice (1949)
Doris Dowling has a name that sticks out in the opening credits for the very reason she was an American actress and she offered up a particularly memorable role as Alan Ladd’s vitriolic wife in The Blue Dahlia. Here she’s an Italian playing the moll of a two-bit hoodlum wanted by the pol... Read full article
BITTER RICE (Riso Amaro) 1949
Giuseppe De Santis’s 1949 film Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro) is powerful, exciting stuff. It’s a bewildering, multi-layered, and voyeuristic experience that borrows from so many different film styles, particularly American film noir, that it defies categorization. While it’s usually eas... Read full article
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The Italian word "riso" has two meanings. One meaning is "rice" and the other being "laughter." The title "Bitter Rice" can just as easily be translated as "Bitter Laughter."