Past Event
Thursday, July 7, 2011, 7 p.m.
Riso amaro (Bitter Rice)
1649 El Prado, San Diego, 92101
Giuseppe De Santis directed "the first major blockbuster of postwar Italy," chronicling "the work of the mondine (female rice weeders) in the rice fields of Piedmont," screening for San Diego Italian Film Festival. Film "manipulates a number of genres, from melodrama to gangster" and "successfully combines social protest and entertainment." In Italian with English subtitles. Donation: $5. 619-238-7559.