(European Feature Documentary Film Festival - Belgrade)
2005-01-25
France
(re-release)
2005-12-14
Italy
(Bif&st-Bari International Film Festival)
2017-04-22
Bitter Rice
(Original title)
Arroz amargo
Argentina
Bitter Rice
Australia
Bitterer Reis
Austria
Arroz Amargo
Brazil
Bitter Rice
Canada (English title)
Rispigen
Denmark
Riso amaro
Ecuador
Gorak pirinadž
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbian title) (literal title)
Katkeraa riisiä
Finland
Bittert ris
Finland (Swedish title)
Riz amer
France
Pikro ryzi
Greece (reissue title)
Pothoi stous valtous
Greece (transliterated title)
Keserű rizs
Hungary
Bitter Rice
India (English title)
Bitter Rice
Ireland (English title)
Riso amaro
Italy
にがい米
Japan (Japanese title)
Arroz amargo
Mexico
Bittere rijst
Netherlands (informal literal title)
Bitter Rice
New Zealand (English title)
Bitter ris
Norway
Gorzki ryż
Poland
Arroz Amargo
Portugal
Orez amar
Romania
Gorki pirinač
Serbia
Bitter Rice
South Africa (English title)
Горький рис
Soviet Union (Russian title)
Arroz amargo
Spain
Bittert ris
Sweden
Acı pirinç
Turkey (Turkish title)
Bitter Rice
UK
Bitter Rice
USA
Гіркий рис
Ukraine (new title)
Bitterer Reis
West Germany
Sex & Nudity
Mild
Off-screen, Walter is implied to rape Silvana after he whips her with the branch. A female rice worker screams and holds her abdomen, implying a miscarriage.
Violence & Gore
Mild
A brawl among the workers. A fistfight between two men; small amount of blood. The finale involves a throne knife and two handguns, gunshot wounds, one death, and a suicide. Not much blood is shown.