Rice Girl
The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.
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Rice Girl
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 27, 1956
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
User Score
58%
Original Title
La risaia
Production Companies
Excelsa Film, Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
Director
Raffaello Matarazzo
Description
The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.
