---
title: 'Bitter Rice (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Giuseppe De Santis'
released: '1949-09-30'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bitter-rice-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040737/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bitter Rice (1949)

1949 · 108 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Riso amaro

## Synopsis

Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian neorealist crime drama film directed and co-written by Giuseppe De Santis, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. The story follows a pair of fugitives, who hide among the rice fields of northern Italy. The Italian title of the film is based on a pun; since the Italian word riso can mean either "rice" or "laughter", riso amaro can be taken to mean either "bitter laughter" or "bitter rice".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Giuseppe De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-de-santis)
- **Screenplay:** [Giuseppe De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-de-santis), [Carlo Lizzani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-lizzani), [Ivo Perilli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-perilli), [Corrado Alvaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/corrado-alvaro), [Gianni Puccini](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-puccini)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Goffredo Petrassi](https://cinepixo.com/people/goffredo-petrassi)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otello Martelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/otello-martelli)

## Cast

- [Checco Rissone](https://cinepixo.com/people/checco-rissone)
- [Carlo Mazzarella](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-mazzarella)
- [Ermanno Randi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ermanno-randi)
- [Nico Pepe](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-pepe)
- [Attilio Dottesio](https://cinepixo.com/people/attilio-dottesio)
- [Silvana Mangano](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-mangano)
- [Lia Corelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/lia-corelli)
- [Maria Grazia Francia](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-grazia-francia)
- [Raf Vallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/raf-vallone)
- [Anna Maestri](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-maestri)
- [Doris Dowling](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-dowling)
- [Vittorio Gassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-gassman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bitter-rice-1949
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