Janus Films
Directed by Giuseppe De Santis
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
The story is set during the annual rice harvest of northern Italy, when thousands of women are hired for manual labor. A couple of jewel thieves decide it is the perfect place to hide from the police. Working among the poor, honest laborers, she starts having second thoughts. Meanwhile he lusts after the beautiful Silvana Mangano, leading to romantic complications and eventually tragedy. A bit overwrought at times, but it contains many poignant scenes of local color in the rice fields.
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