Film
A Handful of Rice
1940 · 1h 8m · Drama
- IMDb
- 6.9
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Overview
The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.
Cast
Hugo Björne
Mr. Svensson
Gerda Björne
Mrs. Svensson
Sol-Britt Agerup
Majken
Gunnar Höglund
Svensson, boy
Jean Claesson
Pó Chai
The man
Leonard Bucknall Eyre
Narrator (U.S. version) (voice)
Mé Ying
The woman
Crew
- Pál FejősDirector
- Gunnar SkoglundDirector · Editor
- Gustaf BogeDirector of Photography
- Jules SylvainOriginal Music Composer
- Gunnar JonasonOriginal Music Composer
Details
- Release date
- January 8, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Drama
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