Riso Amaro Film Screening

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder. Featuring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Vittorio Gassman. Nominated for Best Writing-Motion Picture Story, Academy Awards, 1951. Nominated for Grand Prize of the Festival, Cannes Film Festival, 1949.