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Revival of Italy’s ‘Bitter Rice’ Reflects Extent of Hollywood’s Post-World War II Reach

Giuseppe De Santis’s 1949 film hasn’t aged all that well, but it does contain wrinkles that offer their own satisfactions.

Silva Mangano in 'Bitter Rice' (1949).
Silva Mangano in 'Bitter Rice' (1949). Via Janus Films