Bitter rice /
During planting season in Northern Italy's Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker falls in with a small-time criminal who is planning a daring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a...
| Uniform Title: | Riso amaro (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Italian |
| Language Notes: | In Italian, with optional subtitles in English. |
| Published: |
[New York, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
792. |
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| Summary: | During planting season in Northern Italy's Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker falls in with a small-time criminal who is planning a daring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a melodrama tinged with sex and violence. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Fullscreen (1.33:1) aspect ratio. Blu-Ray release of the 1949 motion picture. Blu-Ray Special Edition Features: Giuseppe de Santas, a 2008 documentary by screenwriter Carlo Lizzani ; interview with Lizzani from 2002 ; trailer ; essay by critic Pasquale Iannone. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. |
| Format: | Blu-ray ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Otello Martelli ; editor, Gabriele Varriale ; music, Goffredo Petrassi. |
| ISBN: | 1681430916 9781681430911 |