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After the war, young girls were hired as seasonal workers in the rice paddies of the Piedmont region. Bitter Rice, a masterpiece of Italian neo-realistic cinema, brought their story and the image of the major character Silvana Mangano to the world. Fifty years later, a young filmmaker takes the girls back to the same fields on a trip down memory lane constructing the portrait of an epoch and confronting the fictitious world of the film to the enormous changes of modern day Italy.

Italy - 2003 - 56 mn - Betacam Digital • DV Cam - Colour

Director Matteo Bellizzi Camera Franco Robust Sound Giorgio Pettigiani Editing Claude d'Estreez Music Andrea Gattico, Roberto Bongianino

Production Stefilm International, Via Galliari, 5B, 10125 Torino, Italie Tél : +39 011 668 0017 Fax : +39 011 668 0003 E-mail : info@stefilm.it Co-Production YLE TV1

Sales Stefilm International, Via Galliari, 5B, 10125 Torino, Italie Tél : +39 011 668 0017 Fax : +39 011 668 0003 E-mail : info@stefilm.it