BITTER RICE (1949) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Trattoria Roman Garden

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 [Click here for the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1pHqMnpwb4) “fuses…class-based politics…with a smoldering romantic melodrama…exhilaratingly spontaneous” – Richard Brody writing in [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/bitter-rice) “quite a gamey peasant stew” – [The New York Times (1950)](https://www.nytimes.com/1950/09/19/archives/the-screen-in-review-bitter-rice-new-italian-film-with-silvana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.MnMk.vnCA1nhcszX7&smid=url-share) [Rotten Tomatoes:](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/riso-amaro-bitter-rice) 100% ========================================================================== 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. [Click here for the menu](https://trattoriacle.com/food-menu) ========================================================================== HELP CHIP IN: Meetup.com charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque. **CashApp** $JimSimler **Zelle** jimsimler@hotmail.com **Venmo** @jim-simler **PayPal** [Jim Simler's page](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jimsimler) **In Person** Pay your event organizer