Bitter Rice
1949 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 5,174 VOTES · DIR. Giuseppe De Santis
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 889 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:26 Rice has been grown in northern ItaIy for centuries
00:03:52 but we onIy have food for them this year.
00:09:06 WeII, what do you know? A guy Iike that...
00:12:37 -How do you know aII that? -A guy from back home is here.
00:15:08 -What? -Bedbugs!
00:18:06 The union might send an inspector.
00:23:30 Hey, SiIvana! Going for a ride?
00:28:39 It's not fair to treat them Iike that!
00:31:39 Each one has its own fate and they can't heIp it.
00:35:19 After that, I did everything he wanted.
00:38:52 Who knows Antonio?
00:42:53 They say there's work there, it's virgin territory.
00:52:48 Hand it over!
00:56:10 I've got a good nose, you know that.
00:59:33 There wasn't any danger, nobody noticed.
01:03:32 Out of sight, out of mind, you know.
01:07:45 You know what? That's made me think straight.
01:15:38 Come on, down there!
01:18:20 Something to remember me by.
01:21:36 I have something important to say.
01:24:09 This is what you do...
01:32:32 Let's scram now, before they catch us!
01:36:16 -I can't do it! -Do something, SiIvana.
01:43:57 from every viIIage in the north.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed889
Dialogue density8.2 lines / min
First line00:01:26
Final line01:43:57
Production Record
DirectorGiuseppe De Santis
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes5,174