A Handful of Rice (1940)

01/08/1940 (SE) • 1h 8m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Hugo Björne

Mr. Svensson

Gerda Björne

Mrs. Svensson

Gunnar Höglund

Svensson, boy

Pó Chai

The man

Leonard Bucknall Eyre

Narrator (U.S. version) (voice)

Mé Ying

The woman


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Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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