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.
00:09:01 I guess women are convenient to him now and then.
00:12:34 but they have to move out now we're here.
00:15:01 It'II be aII yours in a minute
00:17:54 We're here to work, not steaI!
00:23:08 I can't keep this pace up much Ionger.
00:28:24 You know how we're fixed!
00:31:21 maybe I'd turn her in to the poIice.
00:34:53 Where did we get to? Oh yes, the baby!
00:38:27 But I'II find her, you bet I wiII!
00:42:24 ... I can hear the buIIets even when I go dancing.
00:51:01 Don't you read the papers!
00:55:40 As for me, who's going to Iook for me here?
00:59:06 Who was that guy?
01:02:32 My, aren't we edgy! You reaIIy Iike this wake?
01:06:23 It's not every girI gets to go with a guy Iike me.
01:10:55 The rice doesn't have any white on the Ieaf.
01:17:38 on a fuII tank?
01:20:33 I'm going to give it you.
01:23:17 I'm sick of this squaIor, I toId you.
01:29:05 We'II have to break the banks to Iet the water out!
01:34:53 Idiot! You wasted 3 shots.
01:40:12 What are you doing?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed889
Dialogue density8.2 lines / min
First line00:01:26
Final line01:40:12
Production Record
DirectorGiuseppe De Santis
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes5,174