Mushrooms Risotto and the northern Italy culture of the rice. Rice fields are mainly found in the “Po valley”. A famous movie “Riso Amaro” (Bitter rice) from the Italian cinema, neorealism movement, gave a clear representation of this culture of rice. Famous movies of the neorealism just after WWII: “Bicycle thieves”, “Paisan”, “Rome, Open City”, “Shoeshine”, “Umberto D.”, “Rocco and his brothers” all showing the difficulties of a rebuilding country . Famous actresses and actors/directors: Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Mangano, Anna Magnani, Giuseppe De Santis, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni.
