Bitter Rice

An earthy drama of human passions among women rice workers in the Po Valley.

A noir-inflected drama of passion and criminality set among rice workers, where desire and desperation collide in the Po Valley landscape.

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.