On January 12, 2016, the Criterion Collection released Bitter Rice on Blu-ray. Giuseppe De Santis directed the film starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, and Silvana Mangano.
‘Bitter Rice’ 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.
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Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Giuseppe De Santis, a 2008 documentary by screenwriter Carlo Lizzani
- Interview with Lizzani from 2003
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Pasquale Iannone
New cover by Ken Laager
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Lux Film released Bitter Rice on September 7, 1949. Giuseppe De Santis directed the film starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, and Silvana Mangano.