Twenty-year-old Joseph and his sixteen-year-old sister Suzanne live in the merciless conditions of an intemperate foreign land with their widowed mother. Their mother attempts to exert a hold on her children by involving them in the family's run-down rice plantation. However the siblings seek liberation, and look for this in their romantic lives. Suzanne becomes involved with Michael and Joseph finds a love interest in Claude.
Released: Oct 31, 1957
Runtime: 105 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Richard Conte, Jo Van Fleet, Alida Valli, Nehemiah Persoff
Crew: René Clément (Director), Nino Rota (Original Music Composer), Maria De Matteis (Costume Design), Piero Gherardi (Set Decoration), Otello Martelli (Director of Photography), Irwin Shaw (Writer)