Bitter Rice
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Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian neorealist drama film set among female rice workers in the Po Valley, renowned for its blend of social commentary, crime melodrama, and sensual imagery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bitter Rice canonical | 2 |
| Riso amaro | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11666405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bitter Rice Context triple: [Raf Vallone, notableWork, Bitter Rice]
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A.
Bitter Fruit
Bitter Fruit is a 1940 protest song by Abel Meeropol, better known as "Strange Fruit," which powerfully condemns the lynching of African Americans in the United States.
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B.
Bitter Fruit
"Bitter Fruit" is a politically charged rock song by Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul that critiques U.S. foreign policy and apartheid-era South Africa.
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C.
Miracle Rice
Miracle Rice is a high-yield, semi-dwarf rice variety developed during the Green Revolution that dramatically increased rice production and helped alleviate food shortages in Asia.
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D.
La Nueva Olla
La Nueva Olla is the modern football stadium and home ground of Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño in Asunción.
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E.
Bras Basah
Bras Basah is a historic civic and cultural district in Singapore known for its museums, educational institutions, and arts venues near the city center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bitter Rice Target entity description: Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian neorealist drama film set among female rice workers in the Po Valley, renowned for its blend of social commentary, crime melodrama, and sensual imagery.
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A.
Bitter Fruit
Bitter Fruit is a 1940 protest song by Abel Meeropol, better known as "Strange Fruit," which powerfully condemns the lynching of African Americans in the United States.
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B.
Bitter Fruit
"Bitter Fruit" is a politically charged rock song by Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul that critiques U.S. foreign policy and apartheid-era South Africa.
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C.
Miracle Rice
Miracle Rice is a high-yield, semi-dwarf rice variety developed during the Green Revolution that dramatically increased rice production and helped alleviate food shortages in Asia.
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D.
La Nueva Olla
La Nueva Olla is the modern football stadium and home ground of Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño in Asunción.
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E.
Bras Basah
Bras Basah is a historic civic and cultural district in Singapore known for its museums, educational institutions, and arts venues near the city center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian neorealist film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 23rd Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| CannesFestivalEdition | 1949 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Otello Martelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Giuseppe De Santis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Lux Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gabriele Varriale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Vercelli province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | Italian neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | female rice workers ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ melodrama ⓘ neorealism ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle | Riso amaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterFeaturing | Silvana Mangano in tight blouse and shorts ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War II Italy ⓘ |
| musicBy | Goffredo Petrassi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of social commentary and crime melodrama
ⓘ
sensual imagery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Carlo Ponti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dino De Laurentiis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lux Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 108 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Carlo Lizzani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gianni Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ Giuseppe De Santis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | rice fields ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Piedmont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Po Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Doris Dowling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raf Vallone NERFINISHED ⓘ Silvana Mangano NERFINISHED ⓘ Vittorio Gassman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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crime ⓘ female labor ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| USReleaseTitle | Bitter Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Bitter Rice Description of subject: Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian neorealist drama film set among female rice workers in the Po Valley, renowned for its blend of social commentary, crime melodrama, and sensual imagery.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Riso amaro