Rice Girl

La risaia

“Men are animals...I'm here to work, nothing more!”

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.

Director

Raffaello Matarazzo

Screenplay

Ennio De Concini

Screenplay

Aldo De Benedetti

Screenplay

Carlo Musso

Status

Released

Release date

27/01/1956

Original language

Italian