Click the image to the left or go here for a full listing of events at the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia this semester.
Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder. Featuring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Vittorio Gassman. Nominated for Best Writing-Motion Picture Story, Academy Awards, 1951. Nominated for Grand Prize of the Festival, Cannes Film Festival, 1949.
| Building: | North Quad |
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| Event Type: | Film Screening |
| Tags: | All Majors Welcome, arts, Communication And Media, comparative literature, Culture, Engaged Learning, European, film, film screening, Free, Global, History, In Person, intercultural, International, italian, Language, Languages, Media, Multicultural, Romance Languages And Literatures, Social, Storytelling, Undergraduate |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Romance Languages & Literatures RLL, Comparative Literature, Department of Film, Television, and Media, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Language Resource Center |
Videos of programs organized by WCEE affiliates are posted on the CES, CCPS, and CREES websites.
Videos of select events are also available on the University of Michigan's YouTube Channel.
