Rice Girl

Rice Girl

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

1956 · 92 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

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.

Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo · Written by Aldo De Benedetti

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