BITTER RICE (1949) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Trattoria Roman Garden
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A female jewel thief on the run from the police discovers a new outlook on life as she hides out among seasonal agricultural workers, all of them women, in northern Italy’s Po Valley
“fuses…class-based politics…with a smoldering romantic melodrama…exhilaratingly spontaneous” – Richard Brody writing in The New Yorker
“quite a gamey peasant stew” – The New York Times (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
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4:55 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Trattoria Roman Garden, 12207 Mayfield Road, a ten minute walk from the Cinematheque. On exiting the Cleveland Institute of Art, walk south (away from Euclid Ave) on 116th Street/Circle Drive to Mayfield Road. Turn left on Mayfield, and Trattoria Roman Garden is a up the hill, past Presti’s Bakery and Maxi’s Bistro, just before the small parking lot at 123th Street.
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