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An earthy drama of human passions among women rice workers in the Po Valley.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Doris DowlingFrancesca
Silvana ManganoSilvana
Vittorio GassmanWalter
Raf ValloneMarco
Checco RissoneAristide
Nico PepeBeppe
Lia CorelliAmelia
Maria Grazia FranciaGabriella
Anna MaestriIrene
Mariemma BardiGiannaExplore the crew
- Director
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Screenplay
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Screenplay
- Corrado Alvaro
- Screenplay
- Ivo Perilli
- Original Music Composer
- Goffredo Petrassi
- Screenplay
- Carlo Musso
- Editor
- Gabriele Varriale
- Director of Photography
- Otello Martelli
- Screenplay
- Carlo Lizzani
- Screenplay
- Gianni Puccini
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis