Trivia / Bitter Rice

• Fake Nationality: Francesca is played by Doris Dowling, one of the rare Americans in Italian Neorealism.
• The Danza: Silvana, played by Silvana Mangano.
• What Could Have Been: The part of Silvana was originally written for Lucia Bosè. Ironically, Bosè starred in Giuseppe De Santis' follow-up No Peace Under the Olive Tree, in a part originally written for Silvana Mangano.